New Zealand

Have you ever wondered what schools were like in other countries? Well, now is your chance to find out about a school in New Zealand.

A teacher from Inglewood Primary School, e-mailed us about his school in New Zealand.

Inglewood Primary School

Inglewood Primary School is situated in a small town called Inglewood. There are 380 children on roll and they are aged between 5 and 13 years old. Visit their website

The School Day
The children start arriving about 8am. Most of them walk or ride bikes, but the country kids, from the surrounding dairy farms, come on school buses.
The school timetable looks like this:

9:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 12;30
12:30 - 1:30
1:30 - 3:00
Classwork
Break Time
Classwork
Lunch Time
Classwork

There are four terms in a school year.

Term 1 January - April
Term 2 April - June
Term 3 July - September
Term 4 October-December

Map of New Zealand

New Zealand is near Australia on the other side of the world from us.

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