慶應義塾一貫教育校派遣留学制度

留学報告書 ＩＩ (2023 年度留学生)
塾内在籍校・学年（派遣時）慶應義塾中等部 2 年

留学先校名Shrewsbury School

留学期間

2023 年

9 月から2024 年

6 月まで留学を振り返って留学先では、期待どおりの生活を過ごせましたか？ （留学先の良かった点・悪かった点も教えてください。）
This exchange year was one of the most special years of my life. Shrewsbury school gave me a wide
range of opportunities in academics, sports, and extra-curriculars. My favorite part about Shrewsbury wasthat they balanced out all of these categories perfectly. 37 lessons along with 4 x 1.5 hrs - 2 hr sportsessions every week and BASE on Thursdays which are activities we had outside of school to improvesurvival skills such as camping, orienteering, canoeing and so much more. This really fulfilled my school
year and kept me busy throughout.
The only negative part was how the sky was constantly cloudy but to make up for it, the last few weeks
were very sunny and a little windy as well so the weather was perfect.
クラブ活動や課外活動など、学業以外の活動について教えてください。
For the first term I joined RSSH (Royal Shrewsbury School Hunt) which is Shrewsbury’s cross-country
club. Although most of the girls in my year chose hockey for the first term because their friends were doing
so, looking back I am very glad I didn’t choose my sport options for the people but rather for the actual
sport. Cross-country trained me both mentally and physically, as it helped me gain stamina and also foster
a positive mindset when playing sports, as you need strong determination and enduring ambition whenrunning long distances in cross-country. I remained in RSSH for the second term as well.
For the last term, I chose rowing. I was contemplating between rowing and athletics for a very long time but
am very glad that I chose rowing. Roughly 20% of my peers were experienced rowers but everyone else
had never rowed before so the coaches taught us from the fundamentals which was very helpful. Rowing
is now definitely in the top 5 of my favorite sports and I hope I can row in Japan as well.
As I mentioned earlier, every Thursdays we would have BASE activities. This is where my year was split
into 8 groups of 15-17 people and we would do gardening, canoeing, orienteering, CCF (Combined CadetForce), camping, first aid and so many more fun activities. These activities provide us knowledge on things
we don’t learn inside classrooms, using outdoor education, volunteering and conservation work to develop
character and create bonding experiences for us pupils. Additionally, we would occasionally have fielddays which are BASE activities of a whole day version. At the end of the school year after summer exams,
we even had a whole week dedicated to BASE activities called “Outdoor Week”. This included a two day
mountain marathon expedition in the Shropshire countryside, an outdoor competition day at Packwood
School, and a visit to one of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust sites to help with conservation.

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学業について各授業について授業の内容・進め方・課題・試験・日本との比較などについて触れながら記入してください。
Maths: 4 lessons per week. In maths this year we have done algebra, probabilities, Pythagoras,trigonometry, numbers and so on. Compared to Japan, Shrewsbury used many internet tools to makemaths more fun.
Sciences: At Shrewsbury, sciences were separated into Chemistry, Physics and Biology. In Chemistry, welearned about atoms, separating techniques, ionic bonds, balancing equations and so on. Many of these
topics were covered by doing many practicals. In Physics, we learned about motion, speeds, energytransfers, waves, astrophysics and so on. In Biology, we learned about kingdoms of life, structures of cells,respiration and photosynthesis, food chains and so on. Physics and Chemistry lessons were almost
entirely done with our devices on this app called “One Note”. Biology on the other hand we did in ourtextbooks.
English: 4 lessons per week. In English, we started off the year by reading a gothic book called "TheWoman in Black" and analyzing specific scenes throughout the book and discussing how the writer has
created tension in that scene. After that we read “A Midsummer Night's Dream” written by Shakespeare,and explored the different characters and how they developed throughout the story. Finally, we finished off
the year with poems. We read many poems written by famous poets and discovered new techniques usedin them. This was all done in our textbooks. English was quite similar to how we study Japanese in Japan
except for the fact that at Shrewsbury, we got a full hardcover book to read whereas in Japan we only get afew chapters of a book printed out for us.
Humanities: Humanities contains 3 subjects which are geography, history and philosophy & theology (PT).
In geography, we studied about economic development, geomorphology, China, and fragile environment.
We did all of our work on One Note. Geography was useful to me because we discussed real-life scenarios
in our world right now, so it made me feel as though I was really involved in the subject. In history, westudied about Britain’s race relations before and after WW2 and also women’s rights before and afterWW2. I found this very interesting because I had only learned about Japan’s history and the world’s as awhole but never focused on Britain. In PT, we studied about many topics. Christianity, types of evil,abortions, euthanasia, animal rights, sanctity of life, and lastly Islam. PT was my favorite subject this year,
as you are able to explore this whole world of ethics, and there is absolutely no right answer to anything.
The debates we have during lessons always got heated up and went further than what our textbooks could
teach us.

今後について
この派遣留学を通して、自分自身にどのような変化があったと感じていますか。
Throughout this experience, I believe I have become so much more independent as a person. From staying
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parents, to being organized with time and things, I taught myself how to take care of myself on my own
without any help from others. Additionally, as I mentioned earlier, I had a strong passion for PT, and in thefirst term as we learned about Christianity, I realized how strong of a connection I had with Jesus. Therefore,after much consideration, I got baptized and confirmed in April, and I am now a complete Christian. I believe
this was the biggest change into becoming the “new” me. My perspective on life has changes a lot, and I
have grown to become a wiser person.

今後の派遣留学生へのアドバイス
I believe you don't have to bring that many daily necessities with you to the UK since you can buy mostthings over there, and minimizing the amount of luggage you bring is really important. Additionally, you may
think you have to perfect your English before going to the UK however you will be speaking and studying in
English 24/7 once you come here so you do not have to worry about that at all.

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