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Feedback relating to each particular school can be found by following
the links below
The feedback from children was imaginative, engaging,
inventive and diverse. However, there were many times when the community
arts workers asked themselves if the feedback they were getting
was of any real use to service providers and planners - how many
ice cream parlours, theme parks and cinemas can you cram into one
small borough?
There were fourteen categories used in conjunction with this survey.
These were : Transport, Building, Money, Activities, Friends, Adult
in Charge, Space, Toys/Equipment, Length of Time, Culture, Choice,
Parents, Safety, Crime/Bullying.
The children were asked to think about and discuss each of the categories
and consider how important they were to them in relation to their
after and out of school activities. They then had to mark each one
on a scale of one to twelve, one being the most important, twelve
being the least important.
Some example questions/lead-ins :
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Transport:
How do you get to your out of school activities?
What would happen if no transport was available and how would
this affect you? |
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Building:
Suitability of building to purpose; layout of building, access,
ideas about indoor space. |
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Money:
How important is money? Do you need money to do activities?
When can you do without? Sharing resources a possibility. |
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Activities:
What activities do you do/would like to do? How important is
it for you to do these activities? Are they the most important
consideration? |
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Friends:
How important is it to have friends with you, or to make friends
when you do an after/out of school activity? |
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Adult in Charge:
How important is it for you to have someone in charge - who
should this be? What activities can you do without adults around? |
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Space:
How important is the type of space in which you do out of school
activities? |
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Toys/Equipment:
How important are toys/equipment to your out of school activities?
Could you do without? |
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Length of Time:
How long does your activity take? How would it be if time was
more limited? How long would you like? |
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Culture:
Do you come into contact with children from other cultures?
How important is it to mix/be aware? What do/can you learn from
other cultures? How important is your culture to you? |
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Choice:
How important is it for you to have choice in what you do? Do
your choices conflict with other factors eg. parental restrictions,
money, availability etc. |
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Parents:
Importance of parents in helping you to do after/out of school
activities - do you need them around to help you - when and
to do what? |
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Safety:
How important is it for you to feel safe when you do after school
activities, or play out? When and where dont you feel
safe? |
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Crime/Bullying:
Similar issues to safety. How do you deal with bullying - does
this affect you after school? Do concerns about crime affect
what you do out of school? |
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