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玉入れの支柱が新しくなりましたThe last busshould get back to school in about 30 minutes. See you soon. Good Morningsend off. After a short bus ride and waiting for our train, we are currently on the Shinkansen heading toward Hiroshima. My name is Ryota Amoh and I will be updating you for the next three days during this trip. Please continue to check the website for daily updates. -- 亮(ryo) HiroshimaHiroshima Peace Memorial Park. We offered 1000 paper cranes and sang a song as a prayer for peace. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_thousand_or... After, we heard a lecture from an Atomic Bomb survivor, Ms Tamiko Shiraishi. It has been 75 years since the bombing of Hiroshima so there are fewer and fewer survivors so this is an extraordinary experience for all the students. At the museum, there were many powerful displays and exhibits explaining the immediate and long term affects of the atomic bomb. The hand drawn pictures of from the survivors were shocking and heartbreaking. -- 亮(ryo) YamaguchiWe could only enjoy the views of the prefecture from the bus and tomorrow will be our first opportunity to explore. The following are photos of our hotel arrival ceremony and our gorgeous dinner in the grand dinning hall. Afterwards, the children and adults enjoyed the hotels soothing hot springs. -- 亮(ryo) Good cloudy morninggreeted with morning showers. So, we might have escaped a full day of rain today. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. All the students were extremely well behaved last night as everyone was tired from a full day in Hiroshima. This morning, we had a lovely breakfast, gave our thanks for a great stay. Now, we are heading to the limestone caves of Akiyoshidai. -- 亮(ryo) Home Sweet HomeYour children were so happy to have come great them with warm smiles. Rest well and we look forward to seeing tomorrow. Please have your child arrive at 9:30. We will have one hour of integrated studies and two hours of PE. After that, we will have lunch and you will be dismissed at 1:30. Then, you will a long 4 day weekend. Shinkansentired and missing home. I’m sure all of the students are looking forward to a home cooked meal and a warm bath at home. JyozanStudents working in their activity groups to explore the town freely while making sure to see a few important points. Rain wasn’t on the forecast and things were very nice in the first hour but it rained cats and dogs but the students shared umbrellas and continued their journeys throughout the wet morning. Shoin ShrineShoin Shrine which is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshida_Sh%C5%8Din Yoshida Shoin is extremely highly regarded and a historical figure that we learn about in school. The teachers explained several memorials to him. -- 亮(ryo) Myojin PondPond. The pond is connected to the Japan Sea so we can can interesting sea creatures like stingrays. But, the main attraction were the kites(the bird) which we fed sliced bread. Some students actually fed them by hand. -- 亮(ryo) Hagi, Yamaguchialso famous for its Hagiyaki pottery which rank as some of Japan’s finest. Here we had the opportunity to design our own tea cups. After we handed our cups over to be baked, we visited the Hagi museum to learn about the history of this interesting town. -- 亮(ryo) Akiyoshi-daiWe hiked to Mt Wakatake to enjoy a lovely outdoor view of the area. We then dove into the rolling hills and explored the caves of Akiyoshi-dai. These the running river, the cool damp air, the beauty that nature created over the millennia was breaking. I hope the photos can do it justice. -- 亮(ryo) Peace Memorial ParkMuseum. We were surprised to find that there are 50 different memorials to Peace dotted around the park. We were very fortunate to have volunteer guides to teach us about the important sites. -- 亮(ryo) プログラミング学習が始まりました子どもたちはあっという間にキャラクターの動かし方をマスターしていました。 2学期も楽しく紙コップで「けん玉」も作って遊びました。2学期も楽しみながら学習していきたいと思います。 iPadから送信 平和学習その2また、音楽委員会や合唱クラブの「折り鶴」の演奏を聞きながら、あらためて歌詞の内容も知りました。 平和学習?池田小学校では、平和について考える一日にしています。 学年それぞれが平和について学習し、自分たちはどうすべきか、これからの未来をどんな風に過ごしていけばよいかを考えます。 第一部は、戦争や平和について、先生の話を聞いたり絵本やDVDなどを見たりしています。 平和を願って例年なら夏休みの真っ只中です。そして8月は、平和について特に考える季節でもあります。 今年は、六年生それぞれが、平和学習したことをまとめて校内に掲示しています。 今の生活を当たり前と考えるのではなく、「平和を願い続ける理由」を考え、その思いをつなぐために過去を知り、それを知らせ広めようとしています。 本日から、個人懇談会です。是非、こちらにもお立ち寄りください。 (テーマごとに各階に掲示しています。詳しくは、玄関前の地図をご覧ください。) 水あそび足元まで水が入っているプールの中で、ペットボトルを使って友だちと水の動きを見たり、冷たさを感じたりして楽しみました。 iPadから送信 |
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