Multi x Education
Tableland Japanese Immersion camp (J-camp)
2021 May - present
Crane Dance has been running this amazing educational camp program for mainly the Tableland and Cairns regions' High School students to experience the authentic Japanese culture and use the Japanese language that they are learning at school.
I have been invited as an educational activity provider for this camp since the beginning, including origami, taiko drumming, other traditional instruments performances, cultural lectures and activities of various topic.
See the pictures of recent few camps
2024 Aug Taiko demonstration and Japanese festival
2024 Feb Japanese teachers' camp Sumo talk
2023 Nov Using Origami as a communication tool
2023 Aug Traditional Japanese instruments demonstration
2023 May Sumo talk and activities
2023 Feb How to teach origami in the classroom
2022 Nov origami
School visit: Bon Dance and traditional instrument demonstration
Nov 2023, August 2024
I have been invited by this school's new Japanese teacher to help out their Japanese cultural event 2 years in a row. They held a mini Bon Dance party, and my role was to help them wear the yukata, teach them the dance movements and play the taiko drum to add the festive vive to the song. At the taiko trial session, so many children put their hands up and tried banging on the big fat drum skin. It was the best response from the students I've ever had!
I would be very happy to provide similar opportunities again at schools all around in Cairns.
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Online lecture for schools in Japan
Sep 2023, Oct 2024
I held several online lectures for some high schools in Japan as part of their educational program. Often I talk about how I studied English and decided to live outside of Japan, and how that experience is now helping me to live a life I want to live.
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Marine animal origami workshop @ Abacus Challenge
Aug 2019
I was delighted to be part of the abacus competition event at Abacus By Wallis again this year. This time I picked the theme of marine animals, and lectured about the similar shape and structure of fish, dolphins, sea lions and penguins. They all have a stream-lined body shape and fins (or flipper for penguin) to help them swim, and also a white belly with darker colour back to help them camouflage in water. Then the children folded these animals with origami from the same base shape which features these 3 characteristics of marine animals. The children from this abacus school have a very long attention span and excellent hand dexterity, which helped me to run the workshop quite smoothly and kids seemed to be enjoying it through to the end. Very impressive kids!
2009-2012 Educational resources
