Figure 1.--This is the morning assesmbly at a secondary schools. Many schools only have these formal assessmlies on some days rather than every day.. |
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Here you can see images of activities at New Zealand schools throughout the school day. We we will mix all kinds of different schools to provide an inkling as to what as happening at a wide variety of schools throughout the day. The only schools we will separate here are the day schools and the boarding schools. We will organize on a time line and try to cover most of the major activitiies.
We will begin with coming to school in the morning. Bicycles are very common in New Zealand and many other means of transportation are used. Of course thaere are boarding schools with the children already at school. Many schools open the libraroies early and operate them for a while after classes. There are morning assesmblies, although not always on a daily basis. Classes fill up the morning activiries. The younger children have their classes broken up by a morning break. Quite a number of secondary school also have a morning interval. Lunch is followed by a rest period at many private preparatory schools. Older children often have a little free time which many use for sport. Afternoon classes follow lunch. At private schools on some days there is often a major sports program, following the British system.
There are many similarities between day and boarding schoolsas to the daily schedule, in part because most boarding schools have day children. The major differences is the daily schedule covers much more of the day, beginning earlier in the morning and extending into the evening. While most children attend day schools, there are some boarding schools which have afternoon programs, free time, and prep for the children before bed time. Most of the boarding schools are private schools, but several state secondary schools have boarding hostels. In addition the government's integration program have brought private boarding schools into the state sector.
