Census Day

Today is census day in New Zealand.  This is when everyone in NZ has to answer all sorts of questions about who we are and where we live.  Room 11 decided to create their own census to ask the other children in the room.

We found out that it was really important to ask clear questions.  For example, one of us asked, 'How many pets do you have?' and another person said, 'Does that include pets you used to have?'  And so we had to ask 'How many living pets do you have in your house at the moment?'

We also had to make sure we asked questions with only a few answers or it got too tricky.  For example, we couldn't say, 'What is your favourite colour?' Instead we had to say, 'Do you prefer red, blue or green?'