If you don’t know the NZ school system, then here’s some scoop on what’s going on right now. Most NZ schools started on Wednesday (7th Feb) this week, but some are starting as late as 12th of February! NZ schools always start around January or February and end in April because those are our summer and autumn (fall) months. Unlike in other countries, even after the Christmas holidays they still have school and finish around March or May and start school again around July (their summer); our winter.

I started my second year of high school (Year 10  where we are) just yesterday. Boy! A lot has changed in two months! New teachers, some building upgrades, new classes, the new batch of juniors (year 9’s) and the new batch of seniors who now wear the VERY SMART senior uniform (Year 12’s-4th year). My school is called Botany Downs Secondary College or BDSC when it’s abbreviated.

My first day was exhausting, but I was glad to see my friends and old teachers again. I also watched House on Tuesday-it was a very i n t e r e s t i n g one. I never knew stuff or symptoms like that could ever happen to a human being. It was a really cool episode! My house (Discovery-GO BLUE!) is now REALLY CROWDED!!!! Our school is divided into six houses: Discovery (Blue), Sir Peter Blake or Blake for short (Red), John Britten or Britten for short (Black), Koru (Green), Endeavour (Yellow) and Spirit (Purple or Violet). With new students starting their first year at college/high school and old students going higher into their senior years, our ’house’ can’t accommodate so many people.

Anyway, enough about my school. If you want to tell me about your school, feel free to do so!!!! And, reply my other posts if you can!

C Ya….

Shanelle