Kia Ora Nihongo Kids Club

07/10/2025

What a fun Sunday! 🌦️🎨
We had such a great time decorating paper lanterns at the market! Even though the weather was a bit tricky, so many lovely families stopped by, and it was wonderful to meet all the little artists who filled my booth with smiles and creativity. 💕

Huge thanks to Gribblehirst Community Hub and the Albert-Eden & Puketāpapa Local Boards for supporting local events like this. It’s always such a joy to be part of our creative community! 🌿✨

06/10/2025

We’re excited to announce a new Wednesday Advanced Class starting this term! 🎉

Tuesday: Basic Japanese (3:30–4:15pm)
Wednesday: Advanced Japanese (3:30–4:15pm)

Both classes are held at Gribblehirst Community Hub.
Come along and see how fun learning a new language can be! 🌸

✨ Free trial available ✨
Send me a message if you’re interested. We’d love to have you join! 💛

04/10/2025

✨ Community Market Tomorrow ✨
Come along to the Gribblehirst Community Hub tomorrow!

📍Gribblehirst Comminity hub(5Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham)
📅5th October Sunday
⏰12-4pm

🛍️ Browse pre-loved treasures, artisan creations, and handmade goods.
🎨 I’ll also be there with a fun craft activity. Come decorate your own paper lantern!

A lovely afternoon to enjoy shopping, creativity, and community. 🌸

03/10/2025

🎪Join us at the Gribblehirst Community Hub Market for a magical lantern-making activity! 🌙🎨🎪

Today me and the kids made some sample lanterns, and they turned out so pretty. You’ll love making your own too! 🏮💛 You can decorate a paper lantern and add a holder so you can carry it anywhere you like. Don’t forget to light it up at night for a touch of moonlit magic. ✨

📍 Gribblehirst Community Hub
5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham
🕛 12–4pm

Plus, enjoy a wonderful range of indoor & outdoor stalls with handmade, homegrown, artisan, and preloved treasures.

A simple, fun, family-friendly day out. Come and celebrate with us! 🌟




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02/10/2025

🌕✨ Moon Festival Movie Night Recap ✨🌕

Last Saturday we celebrated the Moon Festival with a cozy family movie night 🌙🐇.
We started with a craft session where kids made their own cinema lights that shining a little rabbit onto the wall with a torch 🐇🔦.
Then we gathered for story time about the rabbit and the moon, before settling in for a movie together.

The vibe was super relaxed. Snacks everywhere, some people even came in PJs! 🍿🥤 It felt just like watching a movie in the living room with friends and family.

Simple, fun, and heartwarming 💛 Thank you to everyone who joined us!




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21/09/2025

🎬 Sneak peek! Our bunny projector craft is coming to life 🐇✨
Here’s a little look at what you’ll get to make at our magical craft corner next week.
Bring your torch 🔦, add some bunny face-painting fun 🌟, and get ready for movie night magic!

📅26th September (Friday) The door opens at 5:30pm
Spots are filling up, so don’t miss out! 🎉
✅ Free entry
✅ All ages welcome
✅ Snacks included

📌 Register here:https://events.humanitix.com/moon-festival-family-movie-night

17/09/2025

🌙 Japanese Study Group Recap 🎉

This week we learned onomatopoeia sound words connected to the Moon Festival in Japan! 🌕✨ We talked about how it’s a mid-autumn harvest festival in Japan (the opposite season from ours!).

After finishing our worksheet, we had a little celebration for everyone’s hard work this term—each student received a gold medal 🏅👏.

Then we enjoyed another round of Japanese summer festival fun—since it was such a big hit last time, I thought it would be the perfect way to celebrate our final day of Term 3! 🎊🎐🍧

I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved together, and I can’t wait to see everyone again next term for another exciting journey in learning Japanese. 💖

Term4 will begin on 6th October!
🎪Come and study with us🎪
📅Every Tuesday
⏰️3:30-4:15
📍Gribblehirst community Hub
(5Cabbagr Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham)

We learn, laugh and create🥳
Japanese class has never been this FUN🎉🎉🎉




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16/09/2025

🌕✨ Celebrate the Moon Festival with us! ✨🌕

Join our magical craft corner where you can make your own mini projector to shine a bunny on the wall – perfect for movie night fun! 🐇 Bring a torch to complete the magic.

We’ll also have easy bunny face paint (with a little glow-in-the-dark surprise 🌟).

🎉 Free entry | All ages welcome | Snacks provided
📌 Register here and let’s enjoy a magical night together!
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Special family movie night to celebrate Otsukimi, Japanese Moon Viewing Festival. Craft activity and storytime

11/09/2025

🐻Japanese Study Group Recap🐻

This week we became detectives and learned 5W1H in Japanese (When, Who, What, Why, How, Where).

I told the kids: “Our lucky bears are missing!”
To find them, the kids had to solve each clue hidden in envelopes around the room.

The questions were:

いつ (When) did they disappear?

だれ (Who) is your Japanese teacher?

なに (What) color was the bear?

なぜ (Why) did they go to the kitchen?

どう (How) did you get to the class?

どこ (Where) do you sit during the class?

Step by step, we solved the cases together and finally unlocked the truth…

Guess where the bears were?
Right under our chairs the whole time! 🐻✨
Such silly bears. It was easy, fun, and a great way to practice Japanese!

🎪Come and study with us🎪
📅Every Tuesday
⏰️3:30-4:15
📍Gribblehirst community Hub
(5Cabbagr Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham)

We learn, laugh and create🥳
Japanese class has never been this FUN🎉🎉🎉




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05/09/2025

🌸 Japanese Study group Recap
“My Dream Trip to Japan” 🌸

This week we learned how to talk about what we want to do when we visit Japan using.
✨ 〜したい (I want to...)
✨ なにがしたい？ (What do you want?)
✨ なにがたべたい？ (What do you want to eat?)
✨ どこにいきたい？ (Where do you want to go?)

The kids imagined their daydream in Japan and drew a picture of it. 🎨
At the end of the session, each child shared their dream, and we practiced writing full sentences together.

They then wrote their wishes on hot-air balloon shaped papers 🎈, which we cut out, laminated, and will decorate in the classroom! Flying high with their Japanese dreams! ✈️🇯🇵

It was so much fun to see everyone’s ideas and practice Japanese in a creative way.

🎪Come and study with us🎪
📅Every Tuesday
⏰️3:30-4:15
📍Gribblehirst community Hub
(5Cabbagr Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham)

We learn, laugh and create🥳
Japanese class has never been this FUN🎉🎉🎉




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21/08/2025

Japanese Study Group Adventure – Shrine Manners ⛩️✨

We went on a little shrine adventure!
In Japan, you can find shrines everywhere, so it’s good to know how to visit politely.
The kids learned some special steps:

🌸 First, we bowed at the Torii gate before going in.
🌸 Then, we walked along the side of the path (the middle is for the gods only!).
🌸 At the big hall (Haiden), we found the wooden offering box and practiced tossing a coin inside.

After that, the real fun began… our Shrine Scavenger Hunt! 🗺️
The kids searched for missing pieces of a shrine map, and each piece had a challenge.
One question asked:
✨ “What animal do you see guarding the left side of the Torii?”
Answer: The Komainu, a guardian dog statue! 🐶🦁

Everyone had a blast solving clues, finding map pieces, and learning shrine manners along the way. It felt just like a treasure hunt! 🎉

🎪Come and study with us🎪
📅Every Tuesday
⏰️3:30-4:15
📍Gribblehirst community Hub
(5Cabbagr Tree Swamp Drive, Sandringham)

We learn, laugh and create🥳
Japanese class has never been this FUN🎉🎉🎉




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