Japan Webpage Contest

Thanks to Kate Russell for the tip-off to this new contest...

It's organised by the Japan Foundation.

We know that many schools are teaching Japanese or doing other projects about Japan, and we want to hear more about it.

This contest is open to any UK primary or secondary school that is teaching Japanese or doing any kind of project related to Japan. Your school does not need to be teaching Japanese to enter the contest.

To enter the contest, all you need to do is make a simple webpage about the work that your school is doing with Japanese or Japan. This could be a blog, a wiki, or a page that’s part of your school’s website.

You can enter an existing webpage or create a new webpage from scratch. Your page can be made by just one teacher, or by teachers and students working together.

Your webpage could feature:

  • A project with your Japanese partner school
  • A report on your school’s visit to Japan
  • A report on your school’s Japan Day
  • Japanese or Japan-related resources that you have made to help your students
  • Japanese language work made by students
  • Other Japan-related work by students, e.g. from geography, history, art, sports, music, intercultural understanding, cross-curricular lessons
  • Students’ experiences of learning Japanese or about Japan
  • An overview of Japanese at your school

... and much more. Click here to see some good examples!

All entries to the contest will be featured on this website. You will also have your chance to vote for your favourite shortlisted entry, in our online voting poll.

Cash prizes and other prizes will be awarded to the best entries.

The aims of the contest are:

  • To showcase the various Japan-related projects that UK schools are doing, in order to inspire teachers in other schools, and promote the teaching of Japanese and about Japan to the wider community.
  • To raise the profile of Japanese and Japan within the school, and motivate schools already teaching Japanese or doing Japan-related projects to continue this excellent work.
  • To motivate the students who have been involved in learning Japanese or about Japan at the school.

We hope that the contest will benefit participating schools, for example by contributing to teachers’ and students’ intercultural understanding, cross-curricular awareness and ICT skills.

Why not give it a go ?

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