Our Special Guest... from Malaysia

On Tuesday we had a special guest to our school . Her name was Jaslyn and it was her first time in New Zealand. She is a teacher from Malaysia and she is visiting New Zealand schools in her own school holiday time with the AFS organisation.

Here are some of the Question we asked Jaslyn :

1) What was your first impression when coming to New Zealand?
A) Happy and confident

2) How do you like our school so far?

A) It's OK - it's my first school in New Zealand so I am undecided.

3) Was it quite hard to talk in English when you learned it?
A) No - I was confident

4) Do you like NZ so far?
A) Yes

5) What job do you do in Malaysia ?
A) I am a teacher.

6)What do you think is different to NZ schools and Malaysian schools?
A) A huge difference

7) What time do students start arriving at school in Malaysia?
A) 7.15 AM they start arriving
School starts at 7.30 - 2.40pm
Pre-school starts at 7.30 - 1.30
The sport time is 3.00pm - 5.00pm

8) What do you think about New Zealand weather ?
A) The weather is quite calm compared to Malaysia.

9) Does your school/teacher give harsh punishments to the students ?
A) The cane and duck squats .

Jaslyn with members of Huia 1 and Mrs Lee, our Spanish and Music teacher, who was working in our room at the time of Jaslyn's visit.


We hope you have a lovely time in New Zealand.
By Brittany and Nikeeta