Japanese

At St Mary of the Cross, we learn Japanese language skills (speaking, listening, script recognition & writing), Japanese art and culture through themed topics, games, songs and craft making. 

Learning Japanese develops learners’:

• communication skills
• literacy skills in their first and additional languages
• intercultural capabilities
• understanding of, and respect for, diversity and difference, and openness to different experiences and perspectives
• understanding and appreciation of how culture shapes worldviews, and extends their understanding of themselves, and their own heritage, values, culture and identity
• critical and creative thinking