１月２９日（水）にオーストラリアに向けて出発した、ターム留学第１０期生からのメールレポート（第３段）の一部を掲載します。早いもので、残りの滞在日数も残り３週間弱となりました。生徒たちは授業をしっかりと理解していくのにまだまだ苦労しているようですが、学校主催の各種イベント等を通して、もう随分と現地の生活に溶け込んできている様子がうかがえます。
聖書など日本にはない科目を受講したり、日本文化を紹介したり、また英語でのグループワークやプレゼンテーションが課せられたり、スクールキャンプへ出かけたりと、生徒達は様々な「困難」に挑戦中です。また、週末はホストファミリーと小旅行に出かけ、日本では経験できない貴重な体験をしている生徒も多いようです。もうこの時期になると、ある程度しっかりと英語で意思表示や自己主張ができるようになってきます。残りの滞在期間も、きっとこれまで以上に密度の濃い経験ができるはずです。留学生たちの更なる活躍を期待しています。
（注）来年度より、ターム留学の行き先が「１人１校留学」を実現するためにカナダ・オンタリオ州に変更になります。時期や費用に関する大きな変更はありません。
ターム留学担当者へのメールを英語の原文のまま掲載しますので、ぜひお読み下さい（留学生の氏名はイニシャルに変えています）。

Hello, Mr. Kamakura.
Five weeks have passed since I came to Australia. Time passes fast. I came back from camping yesterday. That was my first camp. I slept in a tent and cooked ourselves. In activities, I did mountain biking and surfing. I was happy that teachers and students often told me “Good job!!” and I fully enjoyed Australian nature. Also, I talked a lot with my tent partner in English. The camp made me so tired but everything became a good memory.
On weekends, host families often take me for a drive. I went to a lighthouse and saw the beautiful sea. Last week, I made Japanese food for my host family. It was the first Japanese food I made for them and they were very glad about that.
Every day is so fun and I don’t want to go back to Japan. I will do my best to enjoy the rest of the study-abroad life to the full. On the other hand, I often hear about coronavirus when I watch TV. Please take care of yourself.
From A.I.

Dear Mr. Arakawa,
I will send you a report about my life in Australia.
The First topic is my school life. School bus comes to my host family’s house at 8 o’clock, and it arrives at our school at around 9 o’clock. We have 6 periods from Monday to Thursday. On Friday, we have only 5 periods! We have some subjects that are different from Meiho’s, for example, Chapel, Humanities, Encounter, Sports (we also have PE). Humanity is History. Encounter is to read the Bible. I’m not a Christian, so Chapel and Encounter are especially difficult subjects for me. My classmates help me many times. They are very kind. My favorite subject is music. In the music class, we don’t have language problem so much. I can enjoy the class like other Aussie students. Japanese students who choose music class are going to play an ensemble together by each instrument in front of all students someday. I’m already nervous!
As you know, my school has primary school’s freshmen (Year-1) to secondary school’s highest grade (Year-12). They spend time on the same campus, so I also have younger/older friends! They are very friendly. My grade (Year-10) students are very good terms like family. Maybe some students grew up together since they were primary students (Year-10 has only about 20 students! They are seperate 2 classes). They are interested in Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat (similar to LINE) and Korean idols. It is similar to students in Japan. My friends taught me dances of Tik Tok during lunch time. They also taught me Australian hand games. It is more difficult than Japanese one! Then I taught them Japanese hand game “Arupus ichi manjaku.” It was fun.
Now I want to write about recess time. We have recess between 2nd period to 3rd period for 20 minutes. We can eat some snacks during that time. I am already used to this habit, then I will have to do hayaben every day. At the end of the day, I ride a school bus and go back home. I arrive at my house 4 o’clock (3 o’clock on Friday). It is almost 4hours earlier than my usual time in Japan.
The next topic is my holy days. I’m going to tell you about last Sunday. That day was sunny and hot. The temperature was 35 degrees. Around noon, our school had FAMILY FUN DAY. It was not an event we must join, so older students almost didn’t come. I spent time with my friends (Year-9&8 girls) and their siblings. We played basketball shooting. Everyone could get lunch for free at this event. I ate nachos (for my first time!), fruit salad, and drinks. We could have a second helping! I got second nachos. I liked it. After Tug-of-war, we also got ice candy! It was a hot day, but I enjoyed the time under the sun. After that event, I went to the Phillip Island beach with my host family’s friend. It was a good weather to go to the beach. I played with her daughter. We enjoyed swimming in the sea and playing in the sand on the sandy beach. We walked along the beach. We found natural pools on beach. There were shells and few tiny fish! The view was really beautiful. I was moved. I liked the sea.
I can’t believe February is finished. In March, I have Year-10’s camp. I’m excited.
I hope Meiho students and teachers are fine.
And I wish Meiho baseball club members good health and good luck.
Sincerely,
M.U.

Dear Mr. Kamakura
When I started studying, I thought that two months would be very long, but it’s almost only a month left… Anyway, I’m on the basketball team in Australia now, and we keep winning! I’ll do my best because I don’t have much time left. At school I was able to make some friends!! So, I have a good time at school. Recently cold days continue, but on hot days my host family takes me to the beach for swimming and surfing. I am always surprised for Aussie culture, but it is good.
Finally, let me tell you that I am so enjoying my home stay, too!!
From A.S.

Hi, Mr. Kamakura.
Almost 5 weeks passed since I came to Australia. I want to write about my host family. There are three people in my host family. My host brother and sister always talk to me and they are so kind. I really like them. They are younger than me. I sometimes go to the beach, go shopping or go to interesting places with them. They tell me how to enjoy life here, so I can fully enjoy my time. The other day, we went to Phillip Island. It is an island in Melbourne. We can see beautiful beaches from there. We swam there and played with the sand. Also, I took pictures with my host sister. I really liked the place so I want to go there again.
In this week, I went to AAMI Park. It is a soccer stadium. Also, it was my first time to watch soccer game. It’s a national team. It was really exciting to watch the game. It was a match between Melbourne and British team. We were cheering for Melbourne’s team. At first neither team was able to score, so I felt bored actually. But soon after that Melbourne’s team scored a shot, the game got exciting. Finally, Melbourne’s team won the game. It was really amazing.
I wanna tell you something. It is about the three words which you told us. I always say “Thank you.” to everyone who helps me. Also, I always help housework at host family’s house. And I try to keep smiling. So don’t worry about anything.
From N.Y.

Hello, Mr. Arakawa.
How are you? It’s been over a month since I came to Australia. I have gotten used to life here and I feel that every day goes by very quickly.
There is a swimming class at school every week. I take a school bus and swim in a citizens’ pool. Swimming class is very fun and it is my favorite class.
I made salad rolls in my cooking class. When I was in Japan, I didn’t cook at all, but in Australia I started to become interested in cooking because I had the opportunity to cook Japanese food for my host family, cook it in school, and cook a lot.
There was a swimming carnival a week ago. The students wore fancy clothes and colorful clothes such as red, blue and yellow. It was a very good experience.
I went to the zoo with my host family on Sunday. There are a lot of Australian animals that are not in Japan, so it was very fun.
From A.S.

Dear Mr. Kamakura,
Hi! The time passes really really fast!! I’ve stayed here for a month. In my heart, I’m afraid of coming to the end of this stay, but I will do my best in all things till the end, spending precious time with Australian people. From now on, I will tell you about my life as a report.
First, I will tell you about my school life. I enjoy every day with many people. My favorite subjects are English, Mathematics, Science and Music. I like learning about the things that I don’t know in English and Science classes very fun. And I will have a music concert (maybe Chapel class) with the other 2 Japanese students. I will play the violin and the others will play the piano. Actually, we don’t have enough time to practice, so it’s hard for me to complete the song! I want to show you our efforts. However, I’m not good at Encounter, Humanities and Chapel. I’m not Christian, so it takes many hours to understand the Bible, Christian world. But I will do my best to be a real student. By the way, I feel the difference of Australian school. It’s not so strict to the time and students are still outside even after the class chime! Also, sometimes teachers have been eating lunch or food during the class! All atmospheres make me surprised. They are really loose, and do not think of the scores (maybe).
Incidentally, all students are really kind and generous. I enjoyed the swimming carnival, the cross-country and so on. I spent time with many students beyond the House or the grade. Doing that without using honorific expressions to show respect to senior students is for the first time in a long time. That’s because there are no Sinocentrism, I think.
Second, I’m going to tell you my sightseeing memories. My host family takes me to a lot of places, though they are already tired from working. Every week, all host family members gather and share the time. Also, I went to the city for a whole day with only the other 3 Japanese students. I thought it was too short a time to visit all the places. We took a train for an hour and arrived at Flinders Street station. It was very different from the city of Tokyo. There are many trams as subways in Tokyo. I know there are trams in Japan, but in Australia, we can get them for free, also buses, trains in the city!! I wonder why the government can manage transfers without fare.
Oh, I write too much! I hope you wouldn’t feel bad,,, Thank you for all the support. See you, “mite”!!
From T.O.

Hi, Mr. Kamakura,
This exchange program has only roughly one month left. Time flies when I’m being with funny friends. However, my English is getting better day by day. This week, it was so strange weather. One day it was so hot, the other day was so cold. What’s more, it starts raining hard suddenly. My host mother said “4 seasons in 1 day” as Australian weather is funny. I’ll use it to tell people in Japan about Australian weather when I go back to Japan.
We enjoyed a buffet. I got stomachache afterwards because I ate too much. Also, I made okonomiyaki for my host family. They can’t eat pork because they are Buddhists, so I used shrimps instead of pork. Lastly, I went to a Valentine’s day party. My friend’s family picked me up for the party on their car. We enjoyed dancing, singing, and eating chocolates.
I’ll do my best for the last one month.
Regards,
M.S.

Hi, Mr. Arakawa. How are you going?
This week I feel very good. I became used to school a little. I could talk to friends from me about music. I like western music, so I could talk with them continuously. I was able to make friends. Among them, my friends of year 11 is very kind. She guides me to the senior school building and I meet her after school. She gives me a toast. She is one year older and interesting. In March, she and I will go to the city of Melbourne. She also contacted my host mother and explained about it properly. I’m looking for that. Also, my classmate girl invited me to go shopping. She gave me her old school uniform.
On February 15th, I went to a market in Dandenong with my host mother and host sisters. That was a good place. I ate pizza and bought some souvenirs there. On 16th, my host family and I went to a small festival. I ate sausage sizzle. The host mother told me it was a famous food in Australia. After eating, I understood the reason. That was simple but delicious and I liked it. I hope I can eat it again. After that, we went to the back of the house and picked blackberries. On 22nd, We went to Phillip Island after lunch and I saw a lot of animal…Koalas, kangaroos, emus and penguins and so on. Also, we went to the beach and swam. That day was a wonderful day for me.
On weekends, everything is new and fun.
From A.H.

Hi, Mr. Kamakura.
How are you? I really enjoy the life here. One day, my host mother said to me “Can you make sushi?” and I said “No. But I want to try it!” so I made sushi for my host family and their friends. It was the first time for me to make “Norimaki,” but I could make them well. They ate them and said “It was delicious.” I was happy to hear that. And I thought I would try it again for my family in Japan.
We have to write diary every day, and our group coordinator checks it every Friday. She read my diary and she said to me “Your diary is so good! I enjoy reading it every time. I can learn a lot about Japan from your diary. Thank you!” so I was glad to hear that. I didn’t like to continue one thing every day like a diary, but I can keep on writing it every day!
I caught a cold from temperature differences. My host family were worried about me so much. They are very good people. I have heard that Victoria in Australia is a State with a wide range of temperatures. I will do good physical condition management and I will enjoy the rest of the life in Australia.
Regards,
A.M.

Hello, Mr. Arakawa.
I am enjoying to stay in Australia! I love my school!!
At first, I couldn’t make new friends and I was anxious. But this week, I could try to talk with school girls and I enjoyed it so much! Our school students are so kind and they teach me many things.
By the way, in this week we don’t have any classes. Instead, yesterday and today we went to a tech school and we designed arcade game. It was done in a few groups. My group made a kind of casino. I helped to make a cabinet. It was so fun for me.
When the game was completed, l was so glad. Our arcade game was pretty good! l have never done like this activity in Japan. I’m enjoying it very much now, but l have only 1month here. I’m so sad, so I want to enjoy more and make many more good friends!!
From A.I.

Dear Mr. Kamakura,
Hello. How are you? I just enjoy the life here. This weekend, I went to great ocean road with my host family. I saw Twelve Apostles and London Bridge. Those were so powerful as the waves were so high that day. I really enjoyed the view! And I went to cheese workshop and chocolate workshop. I tasted about ten cheeses. I also challenged my weak blue cheese. I discovered it is delicious. We bought plain cheese and garlic cheese and we ate them together. It was delicious! And I also get a delicious chocolate! I’ll eat with my friends. I look forward to it. I like to go to school. Because I can talk with my friends about music. My friends have rock band. I often talk to them about instruments and rock music. It is really fun. Some of my friends learning Japanese. We promised to meet when they come to Japan! I have a friendship that will last even after studying abroad. And I have one more fun thing. My karate dojo in Australia get ten newcomers! I am very happy to have more friends. It is fun to be exposed Japanese culture from abroad. I’m looking forward to what fun I have next week!
Regards,
K.K.

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