From Australia_Report on Term 2 at St. Andrew’s_Apr. 16th 2016

The students’ exchange program at St. Andrew’s Catholic College in Australia for term 2 has started.  Marin Nakamura from Otsuma Nakano Senior High School is now attending Year 11 course of St. Andrew’s Catholic College.  The following is her kickoff report on her school life at SACC.

Hello everyone!

My name is Marin Nakamura.  I’m a grade 11 student of Otsuma Nakano Senior High School.  Now, one week has passed since I came to Australia and I am going to be here for 11 weeks, which is equal to the entire Term 2 at St. Andrew's Catholic College.

We arrived on Saturday, April 9th. It took about 7 hours from Narita airport. We left at 9:00 pm and arrived at the Cairns Airport at 5 a.m. in the very early morning.

The first day, I went to the Cairns Central Shopping Centre with my host family. They are very welcoming. We watched a movie called "The Jungle Book". This movie is not released yet in Japan, so I felt lucky to see it.

On Sunday morning, I went to the creek with my host sisters. We walked 20 minutes to get there. There was a big playground near the creek. We played on the park equipment. Within 15 minutes of playing, it started to rain; we walked home soaking wet and our shoes became muddy. But it was really fun!

Monday, April the 11th was my first day of school. I was very nervous and worried. I didn’t know how I would go about communicating with the Australian students, but they were very nice. The big difference between Otsuma Nakano Senior High School and St. Andrew's Catholic College is that the school building is very colorful!  There are red, green, gold and blue. My homeform class is blue and there is a meaning to each.

Now I am expecting many wonderful things will happen here, which makes me excited.  I am much looking forward to seeing anything at St. Andrew’s. 

Thank you for reading my report and see you later in two weeks!

Best,

Marin Nakamura

みなさんこんにちは！私は中村真凜です。オーストラリアに来て1週間が経ちました。私は11週間（ 第2ターム）セントアンドリュース校に通います。

夜便だったため私たちは4月9日の朝5時にケアンズ空港に着きました。最初の日にケアンズセントラルショッピングセンターにホストファミリーと行きました。みんなとても優しいです。そこの中の映画館でジャングルブックという映画を見ました。まだ日本では公開されていないので一足先に見れて嬉しかったです。次の日の朝は小川にホストシスターと行きました。歩いて20分ぐらいでかなり大きな公園があり、川が流れていました。私たちが遊具で遊んでいると突然雨が降ってきて洋服は水浸しになってしまい靴も泥だらけになってしまいました。でもすごく楽しかったです。

4月11日、月曜日は最初の登校日でした。学校の子たちと会話ができるか、とても不安でしたがみんな優しく接してくれました。大妻中野高等学校とセントアンドリュース校の大きな違いは校舎がカラフルということです。学年によって赤、緑、ゴールド、青と別れています。私のホームルーム教室は青でそれぞれに意味があるそうです。

私のレポートを読んで下さりありがとうございました。 それでは2週間後に！