Today, the students from the Tulip, Tanpopo and Rabbit classes went on a field trip to Fushimi Kitabori Park to collect acorns. Students arrived at school in their sports clothes and were asked to bring plastic bags to use to carry all of the acorns they would find.

The students were very excited whilst on the school bus travelling to the park. They were all debating how many acorns they would collect and also discussing other things they might see and gather whilst there.

Upon arrival, the students were amazed by the Fushimi-momoyama Castle located at the park’s main entrance. The castle would be the start and finish point of today’s trip.

There was a main trail that led around the park. Along the way, the students could admire the autumn leaves and the various different types of plants within park. All of the students were able to find many acorns to put in their plastic bags. However, many students also collected leaves and anything else that they found interesting.

After we made it all the way around the trail, we stopped to have something to drink next to the Castle. We could spend one last moment to appreciate the beautiful surroundings of the park. All of the students were delighted with all of the acorns they found and everything else they gathered in their plastic bags before heading back to school.

Daniel

（今日はチューリップ組，たんぽぽ組，Rabbit組が北堀公園へどんぐり拾いの遠足へ行きました。子ども達はどんぐりをいれるための袋を持って体操服を着て登園しました。

みんな公園までのバスの中でとても盛り上がっていました。お友達とどんぐりをいくつ取れるかや，ほかにどんなものがあるかなど話し合っていましたよ。

到着後，公園の入り口にある桃山城に子ども達は圧倒されました。桃山城は今日の散歩のスタートであり，ゴールでもありました。

公園の周りには散歩道がありました。道の間，公園にある紅葉やいろいろな種類の植物を観賞しました。たくさんの子ども達がいっぱいのどんぐりを見つけることが出来ました。さらに落ち葉やその他のおもしろいと思ったものも集めていました。

散歩道を全て周った後，お城のそばでお茶休憩をして，最後に公園のきれいな景色を楽しむひと時となりました。幼稚園に戻る前にみんな袋の中のどんぐりや集めたものを見てとても喜んでいました。

Daniel先生より）