1997 School Magazine

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Our Stay in Australia

W hen we arrived in Brisbane, we had expectations and anxiety.We had been wondering ifwe could stay here without having anxiety for four weeks . But our host families and the teachers and students of BGGS are kind people so we ran short of anxiety and we had fun. We will never forget our new words . You need to have a positive attitude and you always

We stayed in Brisbane about one month. Although we have differences, we have in common our minds . There is a lot of nature in the city and Australians always have smiling face's. When we were in trouble, we were given courage. So we are also going to have smiling faces . Finally, we have a lot of memories in a month. It is ve1y

have to t1y to speak in Eng- lish. It was almost impossi- ble for us to understand classes at first. But we un- derstood themmore as time went by. We had good times and have a lot of happy memories. During our stay with the host families , we learnt about the Australian cul- ture . We were interested in the Australian culture be- fore we came here, for ex- ample, foods, lifestyle and so on. All cultures are dif- ferent from the Japanese culture. We like morning tea and Australian foods such as sweet foods and tropical fruits .We don't like

important for us. We will never forget you . You are our friends . If we have time, we would like to come back to Australia. Thank you ve1y much and see you again! NAGISA SAKATOKU, YUKA MORI, TOMOKO OKIMOTO, JUNKO MAEGAWA, KAYO TSUJO AND REINA MATSUBARA (MIE HIGH SCHOOL)

EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Staudillg (L-R): Michi Yokoi, Mika Hayasbi, Tomoko Okimoto, Mrs L Lazar Seated (L-R): Nagisa Sakatoku., Reina Matsubara, Junko Maegawa, Yuka Mori, Kay o Tsuji

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Visit Froni Shanghai

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T he school visit trip made by six students and four staff representatives of the Shanghai sister school last year was a great success. This year, in August, the Shanghai sister school once again sent six students and five staff to visit BGGS. The staff representatives who came to visit BGGS this year were Mr Wang Xiang, the Director of the Education Bureau of the Changning District of Shanghai, Mr Zhang Haoda, the Deputy Principal of the Shanghai school , Ms Yan Jie, Assistant Principal of the Shanghai school, Ms Cai Biyu, teacher of Chinese at the Shanghai school, and Ms Tao Liyun, teacher of English at the Shanghai school. The students who came to visit BGGS this year were He Ji nglan and Cao Xiaojie (hosted by Joanna and Felicity Myers), Pan Wenyi (hosted by Emma Marriot), Lu Jian (hosted by

Christina and Stephanie Samios), Li Huayi (hosted by Emi Kamada), and Zhang Qing (hosted by Julia Dowsett). Due to flight delays, the visiting group had some trouble getting to Brisbane, and instead of arriving at the school at midday, the group did not arrive at the Brisbane domestic airport until almost five o'clock in the afternoon. For this reason, the lunch meeting between Mrs Hancock and the staff from the Shanghai school had to be cancelled. Thanks to the hosting students and their families who showed great patience and helpfulness in ttying to help locate their flights from Sydney to Brisbane, the host families were able to meet the visitors at the airport and take them home to have a good rest after almost twenty hours of travelling. Over the next few days the visiting staff enjoyed the scene1y

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