SCHOOL COMPARISON :)

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[NZ]

School stars February in NZ. There is no entrance ceremony for elementary school. There are 4 terms in a year in NZ and 20 days weekends between each term. Summer vacation starts the mid of December to February. The class stars 9 and finish around 3. Compulsory education is at the age of 6 to 16 in NZ. Students have secondary education at the age of 13. After school life for 3 years, students usually take a test called school certificate. Students who want to go to college take test for scholarship. The required subjects are English and ＰＥ. Students can choose 5 to 6 subjects. There are French, German, Japanese and Maori for language studying. There are also unique classes like acting class and information technology. They have snack time in the morning; they can eat snacks, cookies and potato chips.
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[Japan]

School starts from April in Japan. We have entrance ceremony. We are 2 terms in a year; it used to 3. Summer vacation starts around the mid of July to September. The class starts around 9. It is different when they finish school depends of their grade. After students graduate from high school; students go to university, college, or get a job. We have 8 to 9 subjects in junior high school. We don’t have language classes except Japanese and English. We do not usually choose subjects; only one or two. We do not have snacks time in Japan. However, we have KYUSHOKU ;it is different from lunch box.
After school or weekends, students enjoy playing rug bee, cricket, and basket ball. They go to movie and shopping with friends. Also, some students have part time job at fast food restaurants or super markets. Other things they do are learning ballet and hose riding.The popular music among young is rock, heavy metal, and classic.

How Students in NZ spend after school and weekends are similar to students in Japan.