Learning she every day
carried 9kg in her backpack was just one surprising fact
Columba College pupil Tyla Toheriri-O'Neill discovered while
taking part in the 2011 CensusAtSchool.
Year five to 13 pupils around the country were taking part in
the survey, hosted by the Department of Statistics and the
University of Auckland.
At Columba College yesterday, out came rulers to measure the
length of pupils' hair, tape measures to record the
circumference of necks and scales to weigh school bags.
Next, pupils answered a range of questions including how they
usually carried their school bags, through to the types of
technology they used.
Information gathered would be available to schools for maths
and statistics and to give an insight into teenagers' lives.
It was the fifth time the census had been held in New Zealand
and it was also run in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan,
Britain and the United States of America.
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