Chats with Bridie from Aotea College
Jay recently caught up with Aotea College’s SADD leader, Bridie, to chat about all things lockdown, SADD and winter driving. Read on to see what she had to say.
Thanks for taking the time to tell us a bit about yourself, Bridie. First of all, tell us where you are from and what you like to do in the weekends or school holidays.
I’m from Porirua / Greater Wellington region. Mostly during the weekends or school holidays I work at Mitre 10 or am off helping out at a kid’s camp which I enjoy. When I do get some free time, I enjoy hanging out with my friends.
What did you get up to during lockdown to keep yourself entertained?
During lockdown I played a lot of card games with my family. School still continued digitally for me during lockdown, so I still had a lot of schoolwork to complete. It was a good chance for me to focus on my health class work which also involves planning our SADD team activity.
What is your favourite sport?
Netball!
How are things now that you are back at school?
It’s been alright, mostly a bit tricky to get back to normal at school after spending most of the term at home and now learning everything that we missed out on.
How do you manage your school workload?
A lot of late nights!! I found creating a list of things to get done helped me a lot.
We know you recently created a SADD survey for your school to find out student’s thoughts around dangerous driving. How did that go?
The SADD survey went really well, we were not expecting as many students to take part in it as did. In the end we had over 200 students take part in the survey which was a great surprise for us.
What would be your number one country to visit and why?
Greece because it is such a pretty place. I was meant to go there this year, but it was cancelled. I think a big part of why I want to go visit is because I enjoyed the movie Mamma Mia.
What are your 3 top winter driving tips?
Just go slow, slow and steady wins the race. Drive like no one else knows how to drive. And most of all, stick to the road rules and signs which are there for a reason.
Thanks Bridie for this wee insight into your life! If you have read this blog and are thinking “I’d like to chat to the SADD team too!” then drop us a line and you could be featured on an upcoming blog :)