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International Exchange
This was the seventh year Naragakuen has sent its students to Adelaide and the sixth time to send students to Southern Vales Christian College (SVCC) and Investigator College.
All the students in the past and this year as well had a wonderful time thanks to our hosts' generosity and hospitality.
In the morning, our students were given lessons by an ESL teacher. At SVCC the same teacher gives lessons to them every year. Ms. Jenny Jenkinson is a very kind and patient teacher and helped our students learn English and about Australian culture. Our students liked her very much.
Organizing the schedule was Ms. Jane Moran, who was the coordinator at SVCC. She was always in good spirits and her big smile always made our students happy.
Ms. Moran often had to change our daily schedule this year because of the weather. Teachers at SVCC were very flexible and allowed our students to visit their classes very willingly and warmly.
Due to the unusually bad weather this year, visiting Four Oaks Farm was cancelled, but the students at both schools still enjoyed visiting other places.
As for our students who were at SVCC, they went into the city and visited a famous chocolate factory (Haigh), Himeji Garden (Himeji is a sister city of Adelaide), St. Peter's Cathedral, Central Market, (where they had lunch brought from home), and Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, where they watched a didgeridoo performance and learned about circular breathing.
Some students were allowed to play the instrument, but it was difficult to even get any sounds from it.
Our students at SVCC and their buddies went on an excursion to Victor Harbor. They crossed a bridge to Granite Island on foot and came back in a tram drawn by a horse. They played for some time in Victor Harbor Skate Park, which is a park specially designed for teenagers.
After that they went to Urimbirra Wildlife Park, where they enjoyed feeding koalas and kangaroos.
On the last Friday evening, we had a farewell party at the school. Our students at SVCC presented a true-or-false quiz, a bingo game and a dance.
The host families seemed to enjoy the students' performances.
On Monday morning we met at the school parking area at 5:50. We said our good-byes to our host families and left for Adelaide International Airport with a lot of unforgettable memories.
1. Schedule
December 17 ～ 22, 2014
2. Members
15 Grade 11 students of the SSH program, 3 teacher escorts, and an advisory professor from Wakayama University
3. Itinerary
After arriving at Noi Bai International Airport, we visited the Vietnam National Museum of Ethnology, where we learned about minority groups in Vietnam. We also interacted with students and teachers of Nguyen Sieu High School while looking around the museum.
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One group visited Hanoi University of Science and Technology, where they attended scientific and cultural lectures given by three professors. After these lectures, the students made presentations on their scientific research in English to some of the university students and professors. We paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Education and Training in the afternoon.
The other group went to the mangrove forest in the Hong River Delta in order to do fieldwork, and also visited a fish farm in the area. They observed the kinds of mangroves and fish that were there, and examined the quality of water, as well.
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Our students visited Nguyen Sieu High School in order to encourage cultural and scientific exchange. Nguyen Sieu students performed a Vietnamese dance in their traditional costumes. Our students made presentations on their research again. They also performed ''Yosakoisoran'', a Japanese traditional fisherman's dance, for Nguyen Sieu students and staff. They attended English and history classes with their assigned partners.
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Our students visited the factories of Akebono Kasei and Nitori Furniture. They looked around the factories with guidance and learned about their business, how the products are made and shipped overseas. They met and talked with Japanese workers from Kajima Kensetsu about their work and projects in Vietnam and other countries.
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Our students visited Nam Son village in Hoa Binh province, where the Muong people live. There, they learned about the local plants and their usage, and also analyzed water around the village. In addition, they deepened their mutual friendship with gestures, and ate the local food for lunch with the Muong youth.
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On arriving in Adelaide, we then divided into our two groups and went off by bus to our separate schools, Investigator College & Southern Vales Christian College to meet our hosts & get settled.
On the first day at school, a welcome assembly was held.
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In the afternoons, integrated classes were done where both sides could interact, whether it was Art, Home Economics or P.E., exchanging how things were done in each country.
Between their classroom activities and conversing with their host families, students had time to see a variety of the sights Adelaide had to offer, both on two school excursions or with their host families during their free time.
Many saw the downtown, beaches, wildlife parks, Victor Harbour and more, including several malls for some anticipated shopping. In their time spent around the area, everyone could also come across the native wildlife, such as kangaroos, koalas, emus etc.
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Delicious foreign cuisine could also be encountered daily, from classic Aussie steak and lamb chops to some traditional fish chips. The local people were all so friendly and easy-going, using common expressions, like "Good day! How are you goin'?" "No worries, mate!"
A big farewell party was held before the end of our stay where performances by our students as well as some events involving audience participation were held. A wonderful experience was had by all, with most ( all? ) students not wanting to leave by the end!!
Report on the Scientific Seminar in Vietnam
1. Schedule
December 17 to December 22, 2013
2. Members
11 Grade-11 students of SSH program and 3 teacher escorts
3. Hotel
Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi
4. Itinerary
After arriving at Noi Bay International Airport in Hanoi, our students went to Lake Hoan Kiem, where they met Nguyen Sieu High School students and teachers and interacted with them.
Our students visited Nam Son village in Hoa Binh province, where the Muong people live, learned about local plants and their usage, and analyzed water around the village.
In addition, they deepened their mutual friendship with gestures, and had the local food for lunch with the Muong youth.
At Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the 6 students of Group A attended 3 lectures in English given by: Professor Huynh
Trung Hai on the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology and its research; Dr. Van Dieu Anh on water purification in Vietnam; and Associate Professor Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Huong on biodiversity in Vietnam.
After these three lectures, our students made presentations on their research in English to some students and professors of the university and afterward answered questions about their research from them.
In the afternoon, they paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Education and Training.
In addition, the 5 students of Group B visited a shrimp farm in Thai Binh province, learned about shrimp farming, and looked around there. They also did fieldwork at the mouth of the Hong River in the mangrove area.
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Our students visited Nguyen Sieu High School in order to encourage cultural and scientific exchange. They made presentations on their research again. They attended English and history classes with their assigned partners. They also performed “Yosakoisoran (a Japanese traditional dance)” for Nguyen Sieu students and staff and then enjoyed making Vietnamese rice cakes together.
In the morning, our students visited the Citadel of Than Long, a World Heritage Site. In the afternoon, we toured the construction site of a big suspension bridge over the Hong River, which is being built by a Japanese construction company, Nippon Engineering Consultants.
After that, Japanese senior workers from Kajima Kensetsu, another Japanese construction company, gave talks on Vietnam and their work etc. to our students.
We had eight visitors from Investigator College, Australia, during the lunch break. They were a group of five Grade 9 students and one in Grade 10 accompanied by teachers Mr. Mansbridge and another woman teacher.
They were visiting Japan starting from Tokyo, then on to Hiroshima, Nara and then back up to Yamanashi. They arrived at JR Nara Station at around 11:00 a.m. They walked to their guesthouse, dropped off their baggage there, walked back to Nara Station, and then took a train to Koizumi. Three English teachers, who had been to Investigator College before, went to the station to pick up our Australian guests, and then we welcomed them to our school. We had planned to let our students have lunch with them, but they arrived a little too late. Our students who know Mr. Mansbridge were very happy to see him again. Unfortunately, there was just enough time for our students to exchange greetings in the hallway and take a few pictures.
Our guests from Investigator College enjoyed having lunch with our principal and four English teachers, including our Canadian teacher. After lunch, we showed them around the school, from the library to English Room, and then on to teachers' staff room.
They met our students briefly after the 5th period, and left for Horyuji Temple.
Report on the Study-in-Australia Tour 2013
We left Kansai International Airport on August 2 for Adelaide by way of Singapore, arriving on the following day.
Our students had English lessons in the morning starting at 9:00 and ending at 13:05 with a morning "tea" break for 20 minutes at 11:15. In the afternoon, the students joined the regular students' classes from Years 1 to 7 (Grades 1 to 7) depending on which classes were available.
We had two excursions: One was in the first week and we went to Four Oaks Farm, where our students enjoyed grooming ponies and riding horses as well as listening to a lecture on Aboriginal culture. The other was in the second week and we went to Adelaide to do some sightseeing. We visited a chocolate factory, St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide-Himeji Garden, a shopping center where we had lunch, and the National Museum of South Australia.
The host families were all nice and kind as you can imagine. Our students enjoyed every minute of their stay. We left Investigator College on August 17 with a lot of unforgettable memories.
Our school sent five students to Vietnam from December 16 to 21 in order to encourage scientific and friendship exchanges. They visited Nguyen Sieu High School, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, a village in Hoa Binh, the construction site of a bridge over the Hong River and several other places.
At Nguyen Sieu High School, Chairman Nguyen Trong Vinh and our Principal Morimoto signed a friendship agreement which promises everlasting friendly exchanges between the two schools.
At the construction site of a big suspension bridge over the Hong River, students were allowed to go up the pier, where they received explanations about the bridge. The bridge is being built by a Japanese construction company, Kajima Kensetsu.
At Hanoi University of Science and Technology, students had lectures about water purification in Vietnam and Agent Orange which was used during the Vietnam War.
At a village in Hoa Binh, students walked around the village with young local people looking for plants that are medically useful and so on. They also had a meal in a wooden building whose floor is elevated by pillars.
Students also had valuable experiences trying to communicate with the local youth without the help of any language.
Please read Vietnam Seminar in detail.
They left Japan on August 2nd, stayed with host families for 14 days and returned to Japan on the 18th.
The schools where they learned English were Southern Vales Christian College and Investigator College. They were divided into two groups and learned English at each school. They also had outdoor classes such as cycling, horse-back riding, aboriginal painting and so on.
According to the Japanese teachers who led our group to Australia, the students were all very pleased to have such wonderful experiences with the local students and their host families. The host families were all extremely kind and took care of our students with complete sincerity.
The principal of our school, Mr. Shigekazu Morimoto, privately visited Vietnam this summer. His impressions are as follows:
I visited Vietnam from August 7 to 12 for the first time in order to understand the country where our students have begun to visit since last year. I will write a few impressions below.
- 1) An energetic, progressive society
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On August 7, 2012, I arrived at Ho Chi Minh which is the largest city in Vietnam. The population is about 8 million, which is as large as Osaka. It was as hot as in Japan, but it was not uncomfortable because the humidity was less.The first thing that surprised me was that the roads were filled with a large number of motorcycles and cars. Roughly speaking, two-thirds were occupied by bikes and the rest by cars. The scene looked as if blood were moving inside someone's veins. And the shops and social activities seemed to be attached to these energetic veins.
- 2) A combination of modern and older societies
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In Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, I saw tall, modern buildings which were around 20 to 60 stories.There were Japanese big companies like Canon, Honda, Toyota, Panasonic, Sagawa-kyubin and so on.
On the other hand, along the roads from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh to the outskirts, I saw many rice fields where cows and water buffaloes were grazing in the meadows. According to the explanation by the Vietnamese guide, some rich farmers use tractors or hand-tractors, but others still use animals to cultivate the land.
Vietnam is changing with new and old aspects often being mixed in many fields. - 3) A variety of life surrounded by nature's beauty
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It took about 4 hours from Hanoi city to Ha Long Bay which is registered as a World Natural Heritage Site.Along the road of 170km to the bay, I could see the various lives of the Vietnamese people. Some were working in the rice fields, some at construction sites, some taking a rest in hammocks, and so on. In Ha Long Bay we were surrounded by small, rocky islands whose shapes were like big pillars of rocks. It was such wonderful scenery.
At the University, they enjoyed lectures in English from the professors there on topics such as the weather, culture, traditions, and plants & animals of Vietnam.
They had lectures about preserving the environment in Vietnam by a Japanese engineer working there for the Kajima Construction Company. They also visited a village where people grow rice in terraced fields and learned how natural environments are preserved in harmony with human activities.
