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New Zealand boys participate in all the same activities school boys do around the world. New Zealand school children like school children in other countries have different ways of getting to school. Most primary school children walk to school. The exception is the children in rural areas where bus routes were developed. There are of course academic classes, art, computers, dramatics, music, science, sport, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities. The boys here are enjoying chess, a popular activity at a number of schools (figure 1). Sport is especially important at New Zealand schools. It is not just the top atheletes in New Zealand that enjoy sport, but most schools have active intra-mural sports programs. Camping is also important and many schools have active camping programs that support various asoects of the school program. While there are extensive sports program, New Zealand schools also offer a wide variety of other activities. Boys are especially interested in sports. There are a range of gender preferences as to other activities.
New Zealand school children like school children in other countries have different ways of getting to school. Most primary school children walk to school. The exception is the children in rural areas where bus routes were developed, we think after World war I in the 1920s. Even so, some children lived in such remote areas that they had to board. This was a little more complicated for secondary schools. Children that did not live near the school used bikes or public transport. Bicycles were particularly popular in New Zealand, although with rising traffic levels, this has declined somewhat--especially for primary children. Again some children in remote areas had to board. This was a major reason for boarding in New Zealand. Some attended private schools, but many state secondary schools set up boarding houses as well. Thiscwas important not only because of distance, but the need for secondary students to stay after hours to partivipstev in sports and other extra-curricular activities. Improvements in transport and the opening of more secondary schools meant that more rural children could take the bus to get to school. New Zealand opened a number full term schools (combined primaries and secondaries) to reduce the need for long bus routes. We note an innovation for primary children in recent years--the walking bus.
Sport is especially important at New Zealand schools. It is not just the top atheletes in New Zealand that enjoy sport, but most schools have active intra-mural sports programs.
Computers are a relatively new addition to New Zealand schools, as they are at schools in other countries. They are now an important part of the school program, both inside and outside the classroom. There is a notable gender difference here. Boys have taken a much greater interest in computers than girls. At school this is somewhat different. As far as academic uses in school goes there is not such a difference, either in the classroom or the library. It is recreational usages that the difference emerges and perhaps more importantly advanced computer usage such as programming. The great interest of children in computer gaming is largely an activity persued often with great intersity by boys. Computer clubs or courses like programing without immediate academic relevance.
While there are extensive sports program, New Zealand schools also offer a wide variety of other activities. Boys are especially interested in sports. There are a range of gender preferences as to other activities. New Zealand Schools offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities. The boys here are enjoying chess, a popular activity at a number of schools (figure 1).
Camping is also important and many schools have active camping programs that support various aspects of the school program.
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