The Great Wave off Kanagawa

I have been asked by a few of you to upload the pictures of Aaron Kai's Hokasai wave inspired mural.

Shout out to one of the Year 6 boys for letting me post the photo of their artwork, you know who you are.

I feel like cooking..Well maybe not this

Following up from my previous blog entry on eating bugs... here is a

RICE GRASSHOPPER GRANOLA BARS RECIPE!

I couldn't resist posting this up. To be honest I'm a bit grossed out by it all but I still felt the need to share. 
This is from Cookpad, Japan’s largest recipe sharing website. 
Just in case your collect a sack full of grasshoppers when you go outside, here’s a recipe you can use to make them into healthy granola bars!

Ingredients:

100 rice grasshoppers
5 ½ oz granola
5–6 large marshmallows
3 ½ oz peanut butter with honey
Directions

Leave rice grasshoppers in a bag for a day to let them poop. Put them in the freezer to kill them.
Stir-fry grasshoppers until they get crispy. Remove legs and antennae, if burnt.
Microwave marshmallow and peanut butter to melt. Mix with granola and rice grasshoppers.
On parchment paper, mold the "dough" into a large granola bar shape. Spread grasshoppers around evenly, and press the dough so there are no spaces.
Set in fridge to chill. Cut into pieces, and enjoy!
  Who else feels sick? I kinda do. At the end of the day we are learning about Japanese culture, and a part of their culture is to eat bugs and share bug recipes. We must accept that and celebrate that,even if we do think it's a bit strange.

Still feel like nuggs though. 

I like feel like eating some insects

Please don't.

Well don't go out in your garden and start eating random bugs and tell your family that I told you to! 

APPARENTLY bugs are delicious, but eating them has other benefits too. Many experts are call edible insects the "food of the future" because of their high nutritional value, rapid reproduction, and fast growth rate. The Japanese LOVE them!

Some reasons people bug out:

Cost Effectiveness (Cheap): According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), bugs offer the same amount of protein as pork, chicken, and lamb.

Fast Growth: Insects grow fast!  For example, cows take at least 2-3 years to grow big enough before we can eat them, most bugs take less than six months.

Health Benefits: Not only are insects sustainable, they’re highly nutritious. The FAO recommends edible insects as a healthy food source with high fat, protein, vitamin, fiber, and mineral content. All the good stuff basically.

Promotes Long Life (Maybe): Although it’s not scientifically proven, eating insects for food may help you live longer. Nagano, the area that eats the most bugs in Japan, is also the area with highest life expectancy. Not a sure thing, but it could be true…

Click here to see a Japanese guy cooking bugs

Well I shouldn't say "some guy" his name is Mr. Uchiyama. He is a world famous bug chef and leader of the "bug eating movement.

In the video above, the group makes three different bug dishes:
1. Fluffy Omelette Rice of Bee Larvae 
ふわふわハチの子オムライス
2. Potato Salad with Giant Water Bug 
タガメ風味のポテトサラダ
3. Baby Ant Minestrone 
 アリの子のミネストローネ
　

Here is his website full of his bug recipes

http://insectcuisine.jp/

Don't know about you, but I'll stick to my nuggs.

I feel like watching NETFLIX.

I know a lot of you guys have already told me about Ghibli films being released on NETFLIX. You've practically tore up the school yard with excitement and chased me down to tell me!

I realize I am partly, if not entirely to blame for it though. It's kind of cool to know I have instilled some happiness in your lives through sharing some awesome animations. Story telling at its best!

For those of you who don't know here are a list of Ghibli films that are available...And guess what our beloved Ponyo will be released in April!

I can hear your voices singing the theme song right now and I must admit it kinda makes me glow inside. Like Ponyo's flashlight.

Oh right now I'm feeling like some hammmmm (It's a Ponyo reference Year 6/7's, watch it to understand)

Out on NETFLIX now

Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Porco Rosso (1992)
Ocean Waves (1993)
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
My Neighbours the Yamadas (1999)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Cat Returns (2002)
Arrietty (2010)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)


1 April 2020

Pom Poko (1994)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Ponyo (2008)
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
The Wind Rises (2013)
When Marnie Was There (2014)

Check with your parents first if the rating is suitable.
I will post up some activities to go with the movies later on in the Blog.

Happy watching my animation buffs, I am so proud of you!

I feel like sending a message with Emoji's 👩‍🏫

Ahhh the beloved emoji 😊

Your faces right now 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

DID YOU KNOW THAT EMOJIS ARE JAPANESE????? THEY WERE INVENTED BY THE JAPANESE!!!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I hear you cry.


FACT

The word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character")


So if someone ever tells you emoji is short for emotion, please correct them, as kindly as you can.

Recognize any of these emojis below? Please say yes 🤞

We can make some connections to what we have learned so far, riigghhtt about now! Look at each one carefully.

🎌 🗾🗼🏯🌊🏮🍱🍙🍘🍚🍜🍣🍤🍥🍢🍡🌸🗻🚅


Here are the connections:

🎌 Japanese Flags


🗾 Map of Japan


🗼Tokyo Tower


🏯 Japanese castle


🌊 The great wave of Kanagawa (we drew this!)


🏮Lantern


🍱Bento (we made these last year)


🍙Origini (Rice ball)


🍘Rice Cracker


🍚Gohan (Rice)


🍜 Ramen (Noodles)


🍣Sushi


🍤Tempura Prawn


🍥 Narutomaki (Fish cake with Swirl)


🍢 Oden (skewered fishcake, egg and Tofu)


🍡Sweets on a skewer for Hinamatsuri (Girls day)

🎎 Hinamatsuri Emperor and Empress dolls


🌸 Sakura(Cherry Blossom)


🗻 Mt. Fuji

🚅 Bullet Train

Here are some more interesting facts about emojis:

🏣 Post office
**If you look closely the the Japanese symbolテ postmark is on top the building.


📮 Post box
**Ever wonder why postbox emojis are blue? because they are blue in Japan!🎑 Tsukimi
** Moon Viewing Ceremony, held each year in Japan to celebrate the full moon and the waxing moon.

Use this website to have a look at more Emoji

https://emojipedia.org/


So how about you play around on your devices today and find some Japanese emojis?

Maybe send your grandparents, friends or family a message or email using them and explaining what they are?

Share your learning! And GO!

🙌🚿❤👩‍🏫😁

I feel like goal setting- The Japanese way!

Goals hey?! Goal setting is important guys, I can feel your eye-rolls through the screen BTW.

Just think about it though, everything we love in this world was someones goal at some point.

For example, it was the goal of Colonel Sanders to create delicious nuggs AANNDD how much do we appreciate his goal right now? 

"What have nuggs got to do with Japanese Sensei?"
(I just read your brains just then by the way...)

BECAUSE COLONEL SANDERS IS FATHER CHRISTMAS IN JAPAN- FACT!

Japanese people traditionally eat KFC on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, KFC queues will go out the store and down the road, and those unlucky enough not to pre-order their special chicken buckets a month in advance may have to go without KFC’s signature blend of 11 herbs and spices..and they will not be able to say “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (“Kentucky for Christmas!”) Chistmas will be ruined!!!

Anyway back to the lesson on goal setting...you have goals right?

Well the Japanese have a very special way of goal setting using the Daruma Doll.

Check out the link below to see how they are made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpO7vMkYpmA

Here they are in the market place:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMVzFShxBI

The doll is based the popular Japanese proverb (and my favorite quote of all time)
"Nanakorobi yaoki" (Please try saying it for me) it means
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight."

Here are my dolls

You might have some goals you might like to achieve when you are at home. Maybe tidy your room? Learn to make cupcakes? Finish that Lego set your family got you last Christmas? Learn the times table, you know those really tricky ones?... or even, maybe, READ OUR BLOG!

Printable

Example

こんにちは学 Kon'nichiwa gakusei

Welcome to our blog. Here I will post up some things to hopefully entertain you when you are not in our classroom.  I really should say educate, but I want you to keep reading and participating, so I will say 'entertain'.

You know how I keep telling you I'm not that good with technology...yet? (Ahh the power of 'yet')...well its pretty obvious sometimes when I hold my I pad upside down when I screen mirror to the SMARTBOARD hey?

Well I am being brave and starting a Blog...so there's that. Have you done something brave today? Maybe its reading the Blog?!

Anyway... I am still learning how to Blog, some of you were probably blogging at Kindy. I was born in the land before time (pre-internet) Oh the HORROORRRR!!!! But it's kinda sweet to learn something new. We know this.

Be Kind

Just a thought..What would a Kindy kid Blog about? Think about it and see if you can make us laugh in the comments.. Keep the comments clean....LIKE YOUR HANDS! 🙌