I would like to introduce “A junior high school essay contest” organized by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency).
Why don’t you write down about your thoughts and actions when you think about relationship between the world and yourself?

Of course, even if you do not have overseas experience, it is OK to write about global issues (global warming, weather disasters, conflicts seen on TV programs, etc.) that you felt in Japan.
I believe that if you have your thoughts about various issues in Japan and the international community as "something relevant to you," it will enrich your life and lead to making the world better.
And if you put it into words, it may become a force to move the world, like Severn Cullis Suzuki.

Exactly 20 years ago, I was working as a math teacher at a local school, as a member of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in Kenya, Africa, for two years from 2000 to 2002.
In Kenya, I experienced many things I could never do in Japan.
For example, in Japan, we turn on the faucet, we can get water. we can flush the water in the toilet.
However, in Kenya where I lived, I went to the river to draw water every morning. If it rains, put a bucket in front of the house to save the water.
These waters are used for daily life, such as washing, showering, eating and so on. There is no water to flush in the toilet. I never forget my experience at that time.

I have talked to students about my experiences in Kenya at the school where I worked. Some students are interested in foreign countries, and a few of them are active in foreign countries. In the future, I hope that there will be students from Fukono Junior High School who will be interested in foreign countries. I would like to talk about many other things in Kenya.

If you want to write your thoughts in an essay, Please feel free to talk to me. “the head teacher H”.

Good morning,
In this time, I talk about the rainy season “Tsuyu”.
Two weeks ago, the rainy season “Tsuyu” started. The end of this year's “Tsuyu” will be the middle of July, which is normal.

Why do we write "Tsuyu" as "plum rain"?
It is said that the rain of “Tsuyu” is a rain of grace for the plum. When it rains in this season, the fruit of the plum swells greatly.
“Tsuyu” is a special rainy season in East Asia that lasts for about a month.
“Tsuyu” is called "Meiyu" in China and "Changma" in Korea.
The word "Meiyu" was handed down from China to Japan in the Edo period, and it came to be called “Baiu” and "Tsuyu". Before the word "Tsuyu",it was called "Samidare" means the rain in May.
The name of this rainy season is called "Baiu" because it means "rain that falls when the plum blossoms ripen."


Plum
It is a deciduous shrub native to China and lives only in East Asia. It is said that the Japanese envoy brought it back to Japan from China in the Nara period. It fits well with Japanese climate and spread widely during the Heian period. In Japan, it was called "Ume" in the Nara period and "Mume" in the Heian period.
From February to March, flowers are put on before the leaves come out, the fruit begins to swell around May, and ripens yellow in June. In the Edo period, breeding was carried out, and now there are more than 500 varieties.

There are plum trees in Fukono Junior High School.
(↓Photo in May)

After five hours, a partial eclipse begins all over Japan around five o'clock this evening.
An eclipse is a phenomenon in which part (or all) of the sun is hidden by the moon because the moon crosses in front of the sun.
This eclipse is an annular eclipse (a ring-shaped eclipse with 98% of the sun missing) in some regions from Africa to Asia, we can observe as a partial eclipse in Japan.
The next eclipse in Japan will occur on April 20, 2023, but it cannot be observed in Osaka.
Because it is hard to watch an eclipse, please check today's sun if you have time. However, if you watch directly at the sun, you may lose sight or damage your eyes, so don't look directly.
In Osaka, the eclipse begins at 16:06 and the sun is the most lacking at 17:10 (The sun is about 43% missing). Then, the eclipse ends at 18:07.

By the way,
10 years later, we can observe an annular eclipse in Japan (Hokkaido) on June 1, 2030.
And annular eclipse will come to Osaka in 2312(292 years later).

Today, June 21st is the day of the summer solstice.
Today is the longest day from sunrise to sunset. After today, the time of daytime gradually decreases until the winter solstice day of December 21.

Even in Japan, there is a little difference in the time of daytime　(from sunrise to sunset) depending on the latitude. The daytime is longer as we go north. For example, it’s 13 hours and 47 minutes in Okinawa, it’s is 15 hours and 23 minutes in Hokkaido. By the way, Osaka is 14 hours and 29 minutes (sunrise 4:45, sunset 19:14).
You will learn in society; it will be a midnight sun (the sun does not set) in the Arctic Circle.

Today is going to be a precious sunny day between the rainy seasons.
The sunshine may be an enemy of your skin, as there are worries about sunburn, but it has a function of producing vitamin D in your body. Vitamin D helps maintain bone health and promotes the absorption of calcium.
From some research results, Vitamin D affects brain cognitive function. In addition, there are also a function to increase immunity and reduce the risk of cancer.
Moderate exposure to sunlight seems to lead to maintaining a healthy body.

　まもなく給食の時間です。今年度最初の給食となります。生徒のみなさんが給食を食べる前に、管理職の先生(校長または教頭)が検食といって、先に試食します。
　安全な給食かどうかを判断します。今日の献立は、わかめごはん、鶏肉のからあげ、春雨のひき肉炒め、小松菜のしらす和え、牛乳です。

Today, June 14th is "World Blood Donor Day(WHO: World Health Organization)", which is a "gift for saving life", thank blood donors and let us know that blood donation is essential for patients who need blood products. Various events are held in various countries around the world on today.
June 14th has a special meaning: the birthday of The Nobel Prize-winning Karl Landsteiner who discovered the ABO blood type[1868-1943(AUT)].

The theme of this year's "World Blood Donor Day" is "Safe Blood Saves Lives". It is worth noting that blood donation is an activity that saves people's lives.

Now, It relies on good-intentioned blood donation, because blood cannot be made artificially. There are 3,000 people in this country who receive blood transfusions for treatment every day, and it is necessary to donate blood 13,000 people a day.
However, the number of people donating blood decreases sharply due to the COVID-19.The medical field is a really difficult situation in many ways.

Over 16-years-old can donate blood. So, Junior high school students cannot donate blood, because of under 16, That's why we have to think seriously about what we can do.

　おはようございます。今日、6月8日は「学校の安全確保・安全管理の日」です。

　2020年６月８日で、大阪教育大学附属小学校児童等殺傷事件から19年が経ちます。
　深野中学校において、これまでに子どもを守るための取り組みを実施してきました。これからも大阪府教育庁が掲げる「子どもを守る大人のスクラム」を合言葉に、毎年６月を「子どもの安全確保推進月間」、６月８日を「学校の安全確保・安全管理の日」とし、事件を忘れることなく児童生徒の安全確保に取り組んでいきます。

　最近でも『学校再開 登下校中の子どもが狙われる被害相次ぐ 東京 (6月1日付)』の報道があったり、深野中学校区においても保護者の皆さまに不審者情報をこの2週間で2度もメール配信したりと、児童生徒が被害に遭う事案が後をたちません。

　「子どもを守る大人のスクラム」がより一層強固なものとなるよう、学校・家庭・地域が協働して子どもが安心して生活できる環境をつくり続けていかなければいけません。ご理解とご協力をお願いします。
　同時に、学校は大阪府警察とも連携をとり、生徒のみなさんの安全を守るよう努めます。

　生徒のみなさんは、「イカのおすし」。
　　◇見知らぬ人のところには「行か」ない。
　　◇誘惑には「乗」らない。
　　◇「お」おきな声で助けを呼ぶ。
　　◇「す」ぐ逃げる。
　　◇必ず先生やお家の人、警察に「知」らせる。
　をお願いします。

From tomorrow, all students' attendance time is different from last week.
The student(Group A) who went to school last week in the morning is going to school from the afternoon. The student(Group B) who went to school last week from the afternoon is going to school in the morning.
The school hours are informed on "top page". Please don’t miss it.

　全生徒、明日からの登校時間が先週と変わります。先週の登校時間が午前の人(Aグループ)は午後からの登校です。先週の登校時間が午後の人(Bグループ)は午前からの登校です。 登校時間はホームページの [トップページ]にあるので、確認しておきましょう。

Today, I'm going to show you a speech by a 12-years-old girl who changed the world, depending on Environment Month in June.

"Earth Summit", an international conference held once every ten years. In 1992, "Earth Summit" was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the time, it was the largest in The United Nations history, attended by representatives from 172 countries around the world.

A girl who is 12-years-old came to the　summit from Canada. The girl's name is Severn Cullis-Suzuki. She came to Brazil of her own volition, not being called by anyone or being recommended by someone.

During the summit, she negotiated tenaciously and was finally given a chance to speak for a short time on the final day.
Her speech changed the world.

After her speech, many countries became interested in global environmental issues and changed. It was opportunity to protect the environment, regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and combat global warming, and the world began to work.

Her speech was for six minutes only.

Good morning students. Today is the day of the blog update in English. Let's try reading English

Now, we show new arrived books on board near the library in Fukono junior high school.
The library is not open now, but you can rent books.
If you want to rent books by looking at the board, please come to teacher's room. Of course, you can also rent other books, so please make a request. (We are waiting for your requests. )
By the way, new arrived books(↑Photo) are ...　

　おはようございます！　6月6日(土)の朝です。学校ブログを見ていただき、ありがとうございます。
　今週末も気ままに更新していこうと思います。

　さて、深野中学校の各フロアには、いろいろな種類の掲示板や掲示物があります。

　例えば…、
　2階の3年生フロアには、進路情報(↑写真左)
　各階の廊下などには、ソーシャルディスタンスの目安(↑写真中央)
　4階の美術室前には、生徒の美術科作品(↑写真右)

　などなど…、他にもたくさんのいろいろな掲示物が貼ってあります。どれも生徒のみなさんに見てもらいたいものばかりです。みなさんの生活が豊かになり、意味あるものになっていくものばかりです。
　先生たちがアイデアを出し、工夫して貼っています。時間がありましたら、ぜひ校内をめぐり、いろいろな掲示物に注目してみてください。また、ブログの中でもこのようにいくつか紹介していきたいと思います。

　今日は『環境の日』です。
　1972年6月5日、「国連人間環境会議」を記念して定められたもので、日本が提案して国連が6月5日を「世界環境デー」と定めました。日本でも「環境基本法」が「環境の日」を定めています。
　今日は、私たちが生活する地球の環境を考える日です。

　みなさんは知っていますか？
　7月1日からレジ袋が有料化されます。
　私たちの生活で身近にある買い物をしたときに何気なくもらえるレジ袋、その原材料となるプラスチックは非常に便利な素材ですが、一方で廃棄物・資源制約、海洋プラスチックごみ問題、地球温暖化などの課題があります。このレジ袋が本当に必要かを考え、私たちの生活様式を見直すきっかけとすることを目的として有料化されます。

　また、暑い日が続いていますが、エアコンの設定温度なども地球の環境を考えるひとつになるかと思います。
　今日の自分には、地球のために何ができるかを少し考える日にしてみてくれればと思います。

参考:(↓Click!)
環境省(環境の日及び環境月間)
経済産業省 (レジ袋有料化について…)
国連広報センター『空飛ぶレジ袋』,『プラスチックの海』(YouTube)