"A DAY IN THE LIFE......"

New Zealand
by Piopio College Piopio

What We Boys Do On Saturday Hi it's Ben On Saturday morning we wake up at about 7.00am and make breakfast. We race to the kitchen and fry up some bacon and eggs with some toast. After we have finshed we shine up our rugby boots (not) and we're in the car with our half woken up parents and off to the rugby. We play 15 aside and play for an 80 minute game. We only stop for about 5 minutes at half time. After rugby some people go home and sleep but if you're like me you go and have a round of golf. After that if you're lucky you go to the shop and buy a nice juicy hamburger. Well that's about it. By for now. Ben A Typical Girls' Saturday Hi it's us, Debra and Louise We have been given the task of sending you our answer to a typical girls Saturday here in New Zealand, By the way we have done ours for winter. On a typical winter's Saturday we wake up at about 6:30am, depending on what time our game is to be played that day (our game of course is Netball). After being told several times by our parents to get up (by the way we are not related but the same goes on in both of our households) we drag ourselves out of bed and to the breakfast table, fully dressed in our Netball uniform, for a good 'ol Kiwi breakfast made by our Mums (if we're lucky) this breakfast if you don't already know consists of bacon and eggs on toast, or something similar. Then we wash up and we are off to Te Kuiti for our Netball game. It takes Debra an hour and Louise 45 minutes to get there. We try to get there half an hour before our game starts so we have time to warm up with the rest of our team. After we have played our game we are normally rushed back home by our parents, to do homework or work on the farm. Work can be anything from helping to move stock to feeding the dogs and changing their water. This may sound boring but there are alot of fun things to do on a farm like: riding horses/motorbikes going for swims in a river and much, much more. Well that's our typical Saturday, bye for now Louise and Debra Dear Gang, Happy Birthday for Saturday the 22nd, Clare. On Friday we have a break for Easter which lasts for five days after which we return to school for a week and a half. Following after that we have two weeks off again which is quite an on again off again situation. So this means that we may not be able to communicate for quite sometime. We resume Term 2 on April 28. However we also want to write about our typical school day. On a typical school day we have all arrived by 8.25 and have to go to a roll check at vertical form at 8.30. In first period we usually have Science or Homeroom. Because there are three subjects taught in the homeroom, everyone seems to be doing something different. There is always someone on our computer, either sending e-mail or using the SIR programme to help their maths or english. In second period the year 9's have PE or their chosen language and the year 10's have Agriculture and Economics most often. Third period the year 9's often have an option class and the Year 10's have their language. Fourth period is mostly Homeroom for both classes and fifth is the same. The sixth and final period is often Science. However in the afternoon on Fridays the Year 10's have Community Studies. We have just finished our summer series which involves things like caving, squash, canoeing etc. Please wish Abe a Happy Birthday on April 2. Chow for now, Shane and Abe