Introducing Holidays!

Hey Guys!
No we don't drink tea (the teachers drink tea and coffee )
We have heaps of holidays, and here are the main holidays in New-Zealand: Easter, Christmas, and New years day. February 6th Waitangi Day - celebrates the signing of the treaty between The British and the Maori (1840)
Other things we celebrate are: Guy Fawkes day- November 5th, Labour weekend, Queens birthday and Valentines day.(Birthdays). Our school year is divided into  terms, Easter is always part of the first holiday, those holidays are 2 weeks and the Christmas holiday is 6 weeks, (our summer)
Our weekends at school are Saturday and Sunday,and our holidays at the end of each term are 2 weeks,except for Christmas holidays which are 6 weeks!. On Guy Fawkes day we have fireworks, which is always fun! Valentines day is a day to give the people you like/love a card to say I love you. Labour weekend is a 3 day weekend. I think you know what all the other holidays are about. We haven't got a cafeteria like you, we provide our own food in lunch boxes. On Fridays we have a choice to order a lunch order,which gives you fruit, a drink box and a main course which costs $5.00 dollars.
We have also had Halloween in the past few years but it is only celebrated by some people. Have your clocks changed? 23c here tomorrow.
Maori : kai is food  (rhymes with sky)
tamariki is children.
Can you send us a picture please. Do you wear a school uniform?
We'll tell you more about rippa rugby later.
Annaliese