Australian+School+Life

Our school has a uniform. For the girls we have a blue and white checkered dress, a skirts and pants that can be from the brand //'Face Off'// and skorts which are a shorts and a skirt combined. For everyone there are long pants, shorts, white / sky blue or navy blue polo shirts and a navy blue jumper or navy blue and sky blue jacket. The year 7's get a jumper that they design with the supervision of the class teachers. We were thinking about 'year 7 t-shirts' for next year, but that all depends on what the students vote for.
 * Does your school have a school uniform?**

Our school holidays are always in April (2 weeks), July (2 weeks), September / October (2 weeks) and December / January (The Christmas holidays. 5 or 6 weeks depending on whether it's a leap year or not).
 * When do you have your school holidays?**

We have a school song that was written by a junior primary class. The class sang it to the school for the first time last year. We also have a school moto which is 'Aim High'. The meaning behind it is that our teachers and principal would like all students to aim to do their best and try their hardest. Another meaning to it is, that our school is close to the Adelaide Airport. We have a plane on our logo telling us to fly = aim high.
 * Do you have a school motto / song and / or emblem? What is the meaning behind them?**

Our class takes part in a number of subjects, English, maths, PE, science, computing, reading (comprehensions and silent reading / class novel - book reports), spelling, German, Studies of Sociaty and Environment (SOSE), library, choir (for some people), art and health.
 * What is your school curriculum? What subjects does your class take part in?**

I our class, the ways some students get to school are by car, riding their bike or walking. We conducted a survey showing that 4 students walk, 19 get driven by cars, 3 ride bikes and that 2 students are driven and then they walk. 2 people were away.
 * What are the main ways of getting to school for students at your school?**

In our class we have 30 students. In other year levels they vary from about 15 (for new receptions) to 30 students.
 * How many students are in your class?**

Some students take part in in-door soccer on Friday's at 1:00pm. It was started by a group of year 7 boys who are into playing and watching soccer. It had 10 teams of girls and boys at the beginning, but as each team plays ina round the winner proceeds and the losing team are eliminated. In the beginning people were allowed to watch until some people started mucking around so one is allowed to watch. At the beginning of the term, a person from another class brought up the idea of a chess club at a class meeting. It was discussed a little at the //Student Representative Council (SRC)// meeting and brought back to the classes of MYLU. When our reps talked to us about it some people didn't like the idea of chess as the club, so they came up with the idea of a games club. Example: Someone would bring in Scrabble and people would make a club and play a tournament of Scrabble during lunch times. We still haven't decided for sure yet though.
 * What activites do you take part in at lunchtimes?**

Every second year the //'Middle Years Learning Unit' (MYLU)// go on a camp. Last year MYLU went to //Arbury Park Outdoor School// for two and a half days in Feburary. We learnt some out door skills such as orienteering and some useful need-to-know skills such as dinner duty (laying out the table ware) and getting to our activities on-time. While we were learning w all had fun with other actiities such as making bird boxes where we used saws and drills and playing 'Web Of Life', a game where you had to collect food and water as a certain animal and try not to get caught. It was a game baisically on survival through the food chain. Going on camp, we got to know our class mates better than how we would usually. We created better friendshps as well as new ones.
 * Do you go on school / class camp? If so where do you go?**

There are 3 different languages at our school, German, Greek and Italian. German is a subject everyone learns from reception but Greek and Italian are only taught to students that have Greek or Itlian ancestry.
 * What languages are taught at your school?**

At our school the bell rings at 8:45am. Recess is at 10:45am. A bell also goes at 11:00am saying that it's the middle of recess and then the end bell rings at 11:15am. Our lunch times are different throughout the school. At 12:50pm a bell rings for the junior and middle primary students (reception to two year 5 classes) to start eating while the MYLU students are still in the previous lesson. At 1:00pm another bell rings saying that the junior and middle primary students can go out and play and the MYLU students can start eating their lunch. A bell goes at 1:15pm telling the junior and middle primary students that it is half-way through their lunch time, and at that time, the MYLU students are able to go outside and go to the canteen. Lunch ends for junior and middle primary students at 1:30pm when the bell rings. MYLU students still have half of lunch to go. (As it is only MYLU students outside, they are ony allowed to go on the oval and playground but nowhere else as there is no supervision). MYLU's lunch ends at 1:45pm when the bell goes. At 3:15pm a bell id rung to say that we can go home. Another bell is rung at 3:30pm saying that anyone who is meant to go to after school care (//OSHC//) should be there and that everyone should be leaving the school grounds or accompanied by an adult as the teacher finishes their duty at that time.
 * When do your schoo days start / end in Adelaide?**

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