For those of you who are year 8 and starting high school next year, it will be a big leap. In a sense, at primary school you are the big fish in the small pond, but next year in year 9 you will be the small fish in the ocean. High school in New Zealand is different to those you may have seen in cartoons.
Because there's no school bully who does wedgies noggies or swirlies. And there are no nerds. Unless that's how some dumb people see you as. At AC, not many use a locker to keep their stuff safe. most of us (including me) carry our stuff round in our bags. Don't worry, high school isn't really any different from primary school, except for the fact that every body will seem allot taller. (And rounder in some cases).
At AC, they are embracive of the Maori culture. That would explain the Marae. That also explains the Whanau house arrangement. In primary school, you may have had red house, yellow house etc. The same thing applies in AC. Except, the house are called Whanau. In AC there are 5 Whanaus: Kaitaataki (yellow), Whaianga (red, and the best because I'm in it), Tirohanga (blue), Kaitoro (green) and Auaha (purple). They all have there own meanings but I don't know them.
On your first day at AC, don't make the silly mistake that me and a few others did and bring every one of your books. Because you won't be doing anything with them for a week. Instead, just brig a refill pad and a pen. Of all your items of stationary, there is one book in particular that you just simply can't lose: your diary. It's basically a record of your learning and passport around the school. No diary, no trip to the toilet!
Apart from that, life at AC is usually pretty strait forward. Just do what you are told and you'll be fine.
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