今回は、ずっと続けてきたことに関してです。朝から活発に活動していて、みんなで見習っていきましょうね。

題:あなたがずっと続けてきたことや自慢できる経験に関して、具体的に書きなさい。

I get up at five thirty to study every morning.
I started this from the end of the spring vacation.
I plan to study every morning. For example, I study for the day's check test and play the piano.
At first, it was no easy matter to continue, but now, this time is important for me. I want to stick to it.
So I wake up at five thirty every day.

この作品は作者が宝物を大切にする様子がよく描かれています。

題:あなたの宝物について、宝物があなたに話しかけているように書きなさい。
宝物:Picture

I was taken by D's mother. T received me from her, and he has treated me well.
When T was six years old, he always played with D. D was kind to everyone, so T liked him very much.
Though they were good friends, one day D said to T, "I have to move to America. So I want to take a picture with you." Then I was taken.
Since then, T has had me in his wallet so he won't forget D.

It began with a speech of these two Herbart students. Hibarigaoka students and teachers fully understood their speech made in Japanese and their warm heart. It was touching and heartwarming.


In the first period, each student joined the homeroom that their host student belongs to.

In the second period, they had fun making a haiku in English with the second-year high school students. After the teacher explained what haiku was, they had kaki(柿:Japanese persimmons). As you may know, haiku must have kigo(季語: season words). Kaki is an exact word which describe fall. They could not only understand what haiku was, but taste fall flavor. Then Herbart students and Hibari students tried finding kigo. Hibari students struggled to explain sanma(秋刀魚: saury), icho(銀杏: gingko), kouyou(紅葉: autumn color leaves) in English. Then they made a haiku together and wrote it on tanzaku(短冊: strip of paper). Herbart students are going to bring their own haiku back to Germany in remembrance of Hibarigaoka. These are some haiku they made.
・秋薫る　あらっ　見上げれば　紅葉だ
・ドイツでは　男が笑う　満月だ
This haiku was written by the teacher from Germany. He made an English haiku.
"Look around and see
Leaves that are green turn to brown
summer time has gone"

At the beginning of the third period, Herbart students made a presentation about Germany in English. Then the third-year junior high school students taught Kanji, Hiragana, Greetings or the meanings of their names in Japanese. Even though they were allowed to use Japanese, when Herbart students did not understand their Japanese explanation, they needed to use English, gesture, and facial expression to make them understood. Both students enjoyed learning many things about Japan and Germany.

After lunch at the cafeteria, it was time for them to leave the school. Look at these students! Many students came to them to say good bye.

Some students burst into tear. They took many pictures and hugged each other again and again.

Thank you for coming to Hibarigaoka. Please visit us again!

After the happening busy first day, they again had another hilarious day in Hibarigaoka. Today the eleven Herbart students visited Hibarigaokagakuen Kindergarten and spent some time with the cheerful children there.

The children seemed to be surprised to see and hear those tall 'unJapanese' like people sing in Japanese and show them 'Kamishibai', or picture-story show in Japanese. I tell you, the faces were so cute!

After the Herbart sudents' performance, the children performanced back to them -they sung a traditonal Japanese song- , then they went back to their classes with Herbart students.

They all had great time!

After all the activities at Hibarigaokagakuen Kindergarten, Herbart students came back to school and joind some classes: Calligraphy, Music, Art.

Tomorrow will be another great day!

11月25日(日)に留学斡旋団体EFによる留学説明会が行われます。
高校留学にご興味がある生徒は情報を集めるチャンスです。

説明会:11:00～12:00
選考試験:13:00～15:00

場所: EF大阪オフィス(JR大阪駅、北新地駅近く)

予約が必要ですので、
詳しくは国際担当まで！

We now have eleven students from Herbart in Germany. They are going to stay here and study
with us until Wednesday, November 7th. Ten of them are staying with the first grade students’
host families and one is staying with a second grade student’s family).
Today, they introduced themselves in front of the teachers at the morning meeting and also had a meeting in the waiting room. After that, they did several activities shown in the below.

1st period : Show around the school facility ( high school classrooms, library, cafeteria etc. )
2nd period : Watch judo, kendo and dance lessons for first grade students
3rd period : Biology class for second grade students
4th period : English class for second grade students ( Special lesson in 60 Hall )
5th period : Rest and prepare
6th period : Experience judo and kendo
7th period : Rest
HR in the classroom of their host student

After school, they took part in several club activities and enjoyed themselves very much. They
experienced a lot in the first day at this school. They may be a little bit tired, but seemed to enjoy themselves very much. I hope the second day will give them a lot of good experiences.
Andreas, who is an exchange student in the F class of the first grade, took care of them and
helped us Japanese teachers and students very much. Thank you very much, Andreas!

この作品は心温まるお話です。

題:あなたの宝物について、宝物があなたに話しかけているように書きなさい。
宝物:Letter

I was written by M. Y's best friend in elementary school days.
When Y was eleven years old, she studied hard for her examination, but her grades had fallen, so she was very depressed.
Then, I was written by M. A lot of encouragements are written in me. Y was very pleased, so she was able to work hard to pass the examination.
Since then, I'm at the bottom of her drawer locked away with a key. She sometimes reads me again.