A typical school day in Punta Gorda Belize. (Standard III Class)

1. A Belizean School Day
Test 1

2. We start school
at 8:30 am, and
when the bell
rings we stop
playing outside
and line up in
two lines at our
door. One line
for girls, one
line for boys.

3. As you can see
behind us,
many of us bike
to school, or
walk. Only a
few take a bus
from farther
away, or get
dropped off by
parents.
Some of us live
far away.

4. We go to a Catholic school so we pray every morning,
say Grace before and after lunch,
and pray at the end of the day.

5. On Mondays, our whole school goes to in the
church for announcements, prayers,
the National Anthem, Pledge to Belize and
the Tribute to the Belizean Flag.

6. Before lunch we do Religion, Math and Language Arts.
We are learning about sentences, multiplying and regrouping.

7. We have lunch
from 11:30 to
1:00. People
who live close go
home, some
who live far stay.
While we wait
for class to start
again, we play
math games
with cards or
play outside.

8. After lunch we have
classes like Spanish,
Penmanship, Science,
Social Studies and Music,
Art or P.E.
We just finished
learning about national
symbols and the solar
system. We made a
paper mache solar
system.

9. We have two 15 minute breaks, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon. We play outside in the grass
or on the small outdoor basketball court. Our favorite
games are tag and football.

10. We go home at 3:30,
after we do duties. We
take turns sweeping
the class, fixing the
books, erasing the
board and fixing desks.

11. That is our day at
school!
We hope you liked
learning about school
in Belize!