【第27回オーストラリア派遣】引率者レポート

This article is brought to you by Ms. Sakamoto, a chaperone teacher in this program.

1. How Tennoji students are doing at school 〜元気に頑張っています〜

  On Monday morning, I was surprised to see my students doing their Tennoji math assignments while waiting for their buddies to arrive. On Tuesday, however, I saw many of them enjoying conversations with Holland Park students. They are doing their best to get used to the new environment and trying as many new things as possible. Above all, I am very happy that we are all staying relatively healthy so far, which is largely thanks to the support of HP teachers and host families.

  An HP teacher in charge of this program has organized several workshops and excursions, which help us learn a lot about Australia. Students have already written about some of them and will write more articles online. Please take a look at them.

2. How a Tennoji teacher is doing at school　〜先生方との交流～

  I enjoy talking with HP teachers and coordinators. Most of our conversations are about our schedule, but sometimes I ask questions about international exchange programs or teaching in Queensland. As teachers in charge of exchange programs, we share many similar concerns.

  What has surprised me most so far is that high school teachers usually have two teaching areas, which means they teach two subjects, such as Mathematics and Languages, or English and History.

3. How a Tennoji teacher is doing off work 〜クイーンズランド大学へ～

  I took a ferry called CityCat to visit the campus of the University of Queensland. It costs only 50 cents for each ride on public transportation, including ferries. Public transportation here is very easy to use. All you have to do is tap on and tap off. The campus is located only 7 km from the city center, but it is surrounded by beautiful nature. I would like to introduce some of the animals and plants I saw around the campus.

 This beautiful purple flower is called jacaranda. Just like cherry blossoms in Japan, people in Australia enjoy jacaranda viewing in spring. March is early autumn here in Brisbane, so it is not the jacaranda season now, but I happened to see some unseasonal blossoms. It is said that if jacaranda petals fall on you from above, you will get good results on a test. Watching them fall, I wished good luck to our third graders, who just graduated from Tennoji.

This bird with a yellow beak is called a noisy miner, a species unique to eastern and southeastern Australia. As its name suggests, it is very noisy.

  The last one is the anemone stinkhorn, a species of fungus. It is widely distributed across many islands in the Pacific Ocean. It smells like rotten meat, which attracts flies.

   With more students showing interest in studying abroad, a campus visit could be added to the tour next year.

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