After a short bus ride from the Shinkansen station, we are now in the
Hiroshima 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.

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亮(ryo)

After a long day in Hiroshima, we were off to Yamaguchi.
We 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.

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亮(ryo)

This morning we were expecting a rain day outdoors, but we’re pleasantly
greeted 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.

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亮(ryo)

Thank you all for coming to receive us at such at late hour.
Your 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.

We are now on the Nozomi heading back to Osaka. Everyone seems to very
tired and missing home. I’m sure all of the students are looking forward to
a home cooked meal and a warm bath at home.

The late morning was spent by the students exploring the town of Jyozan.
Students 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.

After breakfast we were out and about by 8AM. We first went to the historic
Shoin 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.


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亮(ryo)

Before checking into our hotel, we make on last short hike around Myojin
Pond. 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.

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亮(ryo)

Hagi, Yamaguchi is known for its castle its samurai era houses. Hagi is
also 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.


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Today’s main event was Akiyoshi-dai in Yamaguchi.
We 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.







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亮(ryo)

This world heritage site is famous for the Atomic Dome and the Peace
Museum. 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.

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亮(ryo)

パソコン室での「ロジカアカデミー」さんの指導による１年生のプログラミング学習の様子です。
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。

暑い中、みんな頑張って登校しています。1年生はみんなでシャボン玉を飛ばして楽しみました。「水を多めに入れた方がシャボン玉になりやすい！」「ゆっくり吹いたらうまくできた！」と、コツを見つけていました。
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。

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1年生は、「タヌキのきょうしつ」を読んでもらい、平和について考えました。
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。

本日8月６日は、広島に原爆が落とされてから75年がたちます。
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。

セミたちの大合唱の中、子どもたちは元気に登校しています。
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。
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梅雨が終わりました。生活科の「夏を楽しもう」で、水遊びをしました。
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。

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７月１７日に実施しました献血活動では、３５名の方が献血受付、１３名の方が、骨髄バンク登録をしてくださいました。

ご協力いただきまして、ありがとうございました。

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