星美学園中学校高等学校

 オーストラリア留学体験記

オーストラリア滞在記⑩

2019.11.29

Hello, everyone! I’m Honoka Endoh.

(This is the nice view from Mt. Coot-tha which is in near the Brisbane city.)

 

I’m in the last week of the school of this year so I’m very excited to have long summer holiday soon!

I’ll tell you about Australia’s seasons and school schedule.

As you know, the seasons are completely opposite of Japan.

Summer: December, January and February

Autumn: March, April and May

Winter: June, July and August

Spring: September, October and November

 

The school starts from January here in Australia. Also, a year is divided in 4 terms.

Term 1: the end of January to the beginning of April (10 weeks)

(2 weeks of school holiday)

Term 2: the end of April to the end of June (10 weeks)

(2 weeks of school holiday)

Term 3: the middle of July to the end of September (10 weeks)

(2 weeks of school holiday)

Term 4: the beginning of October to the end of November (8 weeks)

(8 weeks of school holiday)

 

As you can see, it is the end of the school year now and the longest school holiday is coming. This holiday is just like the summer holiday in September and August in Japan. Then, once the school holiday finishes, I’ll be year 12 bit earlier than the other Japanese students. I can’t believe three terms have already passed, and next term will be my last term in Australia.

Since this is summer now, I don’t feel like it is the end of the year, I still feel like I’m in the middle of the year.

 

I’m excited because the school finishes soon and long holiday will start, but also I’m very sad because a lots of international students are leaving soon after the school finishes. I will miss them so much because they were very good for me and gave me so much awesome and new experiences.

This is the photo in the farewell party of this term (we have farewell party at the end of each term with all international students and some teachers). They are from Italy, German, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Japan etc… I’m glad to meet these guys!!

 

What we did in this term was based on the preparation for the next year, year 12, so the study was getting harder and harder. In some of my subjects, the year 12’s curriculum has already been started. I’m worried about the next term, but I’ll do my best because it will be my last term in Australia…

 

Anyway, I’m planning to sleep over in my friend’s house or some other fun staff during this school holiday. Also, I’m looking forward to experiencing my first “Summer Christmas”!! I’ll report my school holiday in next time.

 

Thank you very much for reading through to the end. See you next month!

Honoka Endoh

 

28/11/2019

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