Figure 1.--Lunch is usually held outdoors at New Zealand schools There is usually an enforced period for the students to sit and eat. Many boys are anxioys for the free time to begin so they can play sports.. |
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Most schools schedule lunch at about 12:30 or 1:00. Lunch time is divided into two periods. Few New Zealand schools have a cafeteria. The first period is the actual lunch.
A few schools have cafeterias, but this is not very common. More commom are snack bars which sell sanswiches, candy, and drinks. Most of the boarding schools and hostels have dining rooms. The students either bring a lunch or buy items from a snack bar. Usually the children eat outdoors. Lunch is usually about a 50 minute to 1 hour period with about half the period reserved to eat lunch and the rest allocated for free time. Normally there is an eforced period where the students have to sit around and eat. Otherwise many of the boys would go straight to the games fields. The second period is more varied. Lunch is followed by a rest period at some private preparatory boarding schools. At the day schools this is usually not the case. Older children often have a little free time which many of the boys use for sport. The most popular sports were rugby and cricket, but quite a range of activities go on. The girls are usually not as enthusiatic about using the lunch break for sport.
The first period is the actual lunch. Most schools schedule lunch at about 12:30 or 1:00. Few New Zealand schools have a cafeteria. A few schools have cafeterias, but this is not very common. More commom are snack bars which sell sanswiches, candy, and drinks. Most of the boarding schools and hostels have dining rooms. The students either bring a bag lunch or buy items from the snack bar. Usually the children eat outdoors. Even in the winter months this is usually possible unless it rains. Lunch is usually about a 50 minute to 1 hour period with about half the period reserved to eat lunch and the rest allocated for free time. Normally there is an eforced period where the students have to sit around and quierly eat. Some school are very strict about this. Others are more relaxed. Otherwise many of the boys would go straight to the games fields.
The second period is more varied. Lunch is followed by a rest period at some private preparatory boarding schools. At the day schools this is usually not the case. Older children often have a little free time which many of the boys use for sport. The most popular sports were rugby and cricket, but quite a range of activities go on. The girls are usually not as enthusiatic about using the lunch break for sport. Some of the girls enber in, but most set around and chat and watch the boys. While most of the children use the time to play spors or chat with friends, some of the children head for the library are cram for any upcoming afternoon tests. Thus you see some of the children finding quite little nooks where they can go over their notes. This is more common for the scsademically inclined. Most boys head off for the various fields to play sports.
