今日の朝は児童集会がありました。
今回もZOOMにて配信する形で実施しました。
校長先生からは、あいさつの大切さについての話がありました。
その後、社会を明るくするポスターの表彰を行いました。２名の児童が入賞し、立派な賞状をいただきました。
その後、委員会からの連絡がありました。
いろんな委員会が学校をよりよくするために取り組みをしていることが伝わりました。
各教室では、モニターを見ながらしっかり考えていました。

今日は１０月の委員会活動の日でした。
５・６年生が各委員会に分かれて、学校をよりよくするために自主的な活動に取り組んでいました。
美化委員会は足踏み式のアルコール消毒器を製作していました。前回から継続して製作しているので、作業も手際よくスムーズに行っていました。
掲示委員会は、秋の掲示を作っていました。ハロウィンや紅葉を意識したものが多く、完成が楽しみです。また、職員室横の掲示板には各学年の作品を掲示していました。スペースや向きを調整しながら、工夫して活動していました。

今日は２時間目に３年生を対象に交通安全教室を実施しました。例年なら、実際に自転車を用いて、運動場で実技をしながらの交通安全教室ですが、今年度はZOOMにて行いました。交通安全協会の方が、リアルタイムで実演や講義をしてくださり、市内の他の小学校の児童と一緒に受講しました。クイズもあり楽しみながら交通安全について学ぶことができました。
３時間目は、不審者対応訓練を実施しました。実際に不審者が校内に侵入したという設定で、訓練を行いました。子どもたちは放送を聞きながら、教室に鍵をかけ、机の下に身を隠していました。緊急時には、自分の判断で非難することもありかもしれません。いろんなパターンを想定しながら、安心・安全についても考えていきます。

これまでの温かさとは一転して、長袖、上着が必要な寒さとなりました。１１月上旬から中旬並みの寒さらしいです。
５年生では自然学舎の振り返りをしている学級がありました。どのように行事に取り組んだのか、また自分はどう成長したのか、一つの行事がより充実したものになるには振り返りが大切です。日々の学校生活や次の行事につながるように、しっかり振り返りをしていました。
４年生は月の学習をしていました。月と地球と太陽の位置関係により、月の見え方や見える場所が変わっていきます。子どもたちは動画も見ながら、月の満ち欠けについて理解を深めていました。
どの学級を覗いても、落ち着いて学習に取り組んでいます。学習の秋を感じる一日でした。

We hope everyone is enjoying time with their families and resting their aching leg this weekend. It was a wonderfully memorable three days in Tottori for not only the students, but for the teachers and staff as well. Rest well and we are looking forward to seeing your happy, healthy, faces on Monday.

We have been close to Ikeda for while now but we are stuck in very heavy Friday traffic.
We hope to arrive around 5:35.
Will update you on our progress

Thanks to the great driving by the bus drivers, we are on schedule to arrive at Ikeda Elementary School at 4:25 as scheduled.
It is common practice that families come to pick up their children. Please come if you can. We will see you soon.

We are retracing our steps back to Osaka. We are now back to Awaka Land for a short rest before we head to Kasai Service Area. It looks like we are back on our scheduled time so we may arrive as scheduled thanks to our great bus drivers.

We are back at the Tottori Sand Dune center for lunch. This is our last meal for the Outdoor Education Camp. Unfortunately, we will not have time to enjoy the sand nor can we ride the lift to the children’s dismay.
But, many are all happy to get off the bus and have some lunch. Here were some students who wished to stay and sleep in the bus though.
These are the different lunches provided to us. A Halal meal, and Hindi meal, a vegetarian meal, and a non secular meal.
On a different note, there is construction on the highway, so we must take the regular roads back to Osaka. We may arrive 30 minutes to an hour later than originally expected. We will keep you updated.

Those who enjoyed a lovely hike in town visited Daisen Temple, Ohgamiyama Shrine, and the local shopping street. They were even interviewed by a local television crew.

Not only strength and courage, but cooperation and teamwork.

Some of these obstacles require courage as the y require students to be quite high off the ground.

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After our morning meeting, we have left our home of 3 days and now headed for the Mori no Kuni Park.
http://www.sanin.com/site/page/daisen/instituti...
It is large nature park that will allow the students to enjoy outdoors and play equipment in a safe environment.
We would like to say a special thanks the staff of The Hotel Daisen Shirogane. They were so friendly, so accommodating, with service and accommodations that were fantastic. We want to say a special thanks for providing meals for students with dietary restrictions. Thank you so much!

After a refreshing bath and an great dinner, we had our second big event of the day - the evening campfire.
We started with the recreation of the lighting of the Olympic flame with VP Uchimura doing the honors. After that, each class was given 10 minutes to perform two dances that they had been practicing for. Each class performed so well as all the children wanted to do their best in front of their peers.
We ended evening with the teachers doing a play of Taketori Monogatari.

To prevent large crowds in small places, half of the 5th graders ate indoors as half had a BBQ outdoors. The indoor group and salmon and nave and the outdoor team enjoyed a BBQ prepared by the teachers. I don’t know if it’s the delicious food, the fantastic tasting rice, or food just tastes great after a very long and hard hike, but everyone ate so much and seemed to really enjoy their dinners. Or were they just relieved that the climb was over?

Our class was hiking at a brisk pace and came in a bit earlier than expected. Therefore, we had to make a short visit to Daisen Temple before heading back to our hotel.

These are photos just before we got back to our accommodations.

The Tale of the Tape
8.7 km of hiking
960 meters of climbing
Climbed to 1709 meters

We are now taking a must well deserved break at sector 6.
The children are doing so well but are starting to complain about the very long descent. But, they are all smiles and laughs at this break after a very quiet way down.

Our way down from Mt Daisen was less rigorous, but still tough as everyone was tired, the path is steep, and difficult to navigate. Several students had slips on the way down. Fortunately, nobody got any serious injuries. We took the scenic way back and we’re fortunate to see much of the landscape which was hidden to us from the clouds as we climbed.