3 DGS students in the Final of the Nihongo Cup

On Saturday 27th June three students from Dartford Grammar School were judged in the final of the Nihongo Cup. Well done to Jesse Rees and Chris Thanet in the KS3 category, and to Adrian Manickarajah in the KS4 category for making it to the final of this prestigious competition (Adrian actually won the KS3 competition when he was in Year 9 - no pressure there then!)

The Japan Foundation London's Japanese Language Department is part of the Japan Foundation London, and promotes and supports Japanese teaching in the UK. The Nihongo Cup is the prestigious Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary Schools, which is organised by the Japanese Language Committee of the Association for Language Learning. 

Due to the Corona Virus situation, the event was not live and students had pre-recorded their speeches. On the day of judging, our boys narrowly missed out to impressive entries from Whitgift School: we warmly congratulate all the entrants and the winners and we'll be back next year!