Puffin ,
yeap , 8.30 til 3.30 is a long day !
I remember back when i was in school i had 2 times recess , but for only 15 minutes , school was from 7.00 am til 1 pm , monday through saturday ( this was from 3rd grade til high school , the younger ones only goes til 11 am or 12.15 pm ) , but we always had 15 minutes recess at 9.15 til 9.30 and then second one was at 11.15 til 11.30 . You can bring snack and eat your snack too during that recess , nobody told us we had to finish snack first etc .. no teacher supervised us .
