From Australia_Another report on Term 2 at SACC_Apr. 17th 2016

Emily Ishii is another exchange student to join St. Andrew's Catholic College for term 2 as well as Marin Nakamura.  We are so highly of introducing her kickoff report on her school life at St. Andrew's Catholic College in Australia.

Hello!  How is the weather in Japan? Here in Cairns, Australia although it isn't the hottest time of year anymore, I still find it to me pretty hot and it has also been raining quite frequently.

A week has passed since I have arrived to Cairns.  I have already been able to experience so many things and the past week has been all so surreal for me.

On my first weekend, my host family took me to a market that they only have on Sundays.   There, many tents were put up and each of them sold interesting things and delicious food and beverages.  We also went to a couple of beaches, which were all extremely beautiful.  There is so much nature here, which is rare for me to see so often in the place where I live, so almost wherever I go, I feel truly astonished. I am even able to see a great amount of wild Kangaroos near my host familys house, and also, their house is near the beach so if we have time after school we can go for a walk on the beach.

The best part of being able to stay with host families for me is that you get to experience the local things as well, such as going to the local shops and so on.  You can also learn what the peoples lives really are like up close, which is something you can't do when you come for vacation.

As for school, it's very interesting for me to take classes in English because that is something I had wanted to do for a long time. Another thing that surprised me was that there are some classes that I don't have at my school in Tokyo, such as religion, drama, and so on.

Although I still have a lot more weeks left, I'm sure that time will fly very quickly so I hope I can make the rest of my stay here very productive.

Regards,

Emily Ishii

こんにちは！私がオーストラリアのケアンズに来てからもう１週間が経ちました。ケアンズでは、もう真夏ではないそうなのですが、私にとってはまだ少し暑く、今は雨が多い時期になっています。

到着して一番最初の週末はホストファミリーに日曜日限定のマーケットに連れていってもらいました。そこではテントが沢山たてられてて、それぞれ物を売ったりしてました。また、いくつかの海にも連れていってもらいました。それぞれの海に特徴がありましたが、全部共通してとても美しかったです。ケアンズには、東京にはない多くの自然があり、私のホストファミリーの家の近くでは大量に野生のカンガルーを見ることができました！また、家が海の近くなので学校のあとに時間があるときは海を散歩したりすることもできて、とても良い暮らしです。

ホームステイをすることによって旅行では経験することはないこともできました。例えば、現地の実際の住民の生活を自ら体験して学んだり、現地のお店にも行くことができたので、面白かったです。

学校では、普通の生徒と同じ授業を受けてるのですが、私は前から英語で授業受けたり、学習したりしたいと思ってたので、授業はとても興味深いです。また、演技の授業や、宗教の授業など、日本ではあまり受けることはないであろう授業を受けることができて貴重な体験をさせていただいてます。

これからまだまだありますが、あっという間に終わると思うので、１日１日を大切に過ごしたいと思います。

石井 英実里