St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School

Results of Pupil Questionnaire

May 2015

Overall– selected joint questions


EYFS and KS1

What do like about the school?

Foundation Class

  • The way we have changed dinnersThe counting numbers x 3
  • The way my teacher teaches me and helps me to learn
  • Choosing time x3When we have cakes for birthdays
  • When we read stories at fruit timeI love work and I like the chickens
  • The chickens x3Feeding the chickens
  • Getting the eggs x 5Making pictures, colouring, painting
  • WritingPlaying with friendsDinner time, fruit time
  • Playing with toys, the cars, creative table, play dough, kitchen, construction area
  • Getting dressed up to come to schoolFinding the dinosaur

Year 1

  • New dinner time eatingPraying together
  • English, Maths, Reading, Colouring, Dancing, Library,PE
  • The new caféPlaying outsideNew school uniform
  • TripsThe teachersAssemblyHometime!
  • This school is the best!

Year 1/2

  • Learning, drawing, playtimeGoing on tripsGolden time
  • Hot dinnersClubs: Football, CraftDT, Maths, English, PE, Art
  • Nurture Group

Year 2

  • The new dinner time – the changesWorking on laptops/tablets
  • Art, Maths, Literacy, phonics, topic work, PE coaches
  • Golden time, playtimeTeachersThe whole class
  • School trips

What do you think of the new uniform ideas?

Overall class feedback:

Foundation Class: No comments

Year 1: Like the old style uniform better

Year 1/2: Overall feeling that the yellow does not go with the red

Year 2: Like the new badge, like the colour, like the new yellow polo shirts. 50% like the yellow on the jumper

What clubs would you like to do?

Foundation Class:

  • Minecraft x 4, superhero, spiderman, iPadStory - reading and making up, book
  • Crafts, games, art, playdoughChicken, gardening
  • ‘Frozen’ x2, butterflyFootball, scooter, bike
  • Make toysBaking

Year 1

  • Maths, readingCooking, craft, music, singing
  • Football, ballet, skipping, dancing, exerciseRainbows

Year 1/2

  • Football, cricket, gymnastics, basketball, tennis, healthy eating
  • Artist, colouringToy club, drama

Year 2

  • Cooking, art, food tasting, drama
  • Football, climbing, basketball, dodgeball, dancing, golf, tennis, hockey, running
  • ComputerFrench, other languagesBoard Games
  • Gardening

What else would you like to improve about the school?

Foundation Class:

  • Put more of our painted pictures on the walls x 3
  • New computers x 5New story books in the classroom and library x 4
  • New toys – Ben 10, Olaf, Spiderman, dinosaurs, Mario, construction, computer games
  • New cameras for the grown-ups and the children
  • New felt pensCan we have a wolf, cat, goldfish, dog and a dog-house
  • No writingBigger class, book corner, carpet to sit on for key groups
  • New/bigger tables

Year 1:

  • DecorateMake more playdoughPaint the class fellow and blue
  • More pictures of usNew books
  • More trim-trail, basketball like the juniorsMore flower beds

Year 1/2:

  • Longer golden time – so we can make modelsGoal keeper nets, football pitch
  • Longer playtimes, PEMore friendsMore learning

Year 2:

  • Playground – be able to go on the pirate ship
  • equipment like sand pit, swings, balls, slide, climbing frames, trampoline
  • More parties More celebrations – e.g. Valentine’s day
  • More clubs, trips, lessonsMore tests!!
  • More own clothes days/ MADD daysMore parties
  • More decorations/ displays around the class/hall

KS2

What do you think of the new uniform ideas?

Year 3: Overall class

  • Good, smart, looks nice

Year 3/4:

  • Very good x5
  • Very good, but would change the piping
  • I like the yellow polo shirt, but not the jumper
  • I like the new badge but not the yellow
  • I don’t like the yellow polo shirt x5
  • I don’t like it x9

Year 4/5:

  • 9 loved it – the rest hated it
  • Only 4 liked the yellow shirt
  • 14 hated the stripe on the cardigan

Year 5/6: Overall class

  • I love everything
  • Don’t like the yellow – red and yellow do not go
  • Can you keep the shirt white
  • Can we change the yellow stripe to black?
  • I don’t like it
  • We will need yellow summer dress

Year 6:

  • I like the new yellow x4
  • I don’t like the yellow polo shirt x4
  • I don’t like the yellow piping x4
  • I don’t like the uniform at all – the colours don’t match x3
  • I like the new badge but don’t like the uniform x9
  • I don’t like it x11

What clubs would you like to do?

  • After school club
  • Cricket, football, netball, basketball, tennis, rounders, running, karate, dodgeball
  • Gymnastics, cheer leading, zumba
  • Art, baking , cooking, sewing, knitting, cartoon, Moshi-monsters, origami
  • Singing, chess, ICT, drama, recorders
  • Science, computing
  • Tidying up club, gardening
  • film

What do you like about St Augustine’s school?

Year 3:

  • Playtime is fun – lots to doGood teachersfun activities
  • Good ICTLots of booksFriendly KindPeople Listen

Year 3/4:

  • Everything x 2The teacher are nice, kind, helpful x6Everyone is kind x2
  • My friends x3Maths x5PE x3Golden time
  • It’s fun and exciting x2It keeps on giving fun ideas to improve x2Trips
  • We learn lots x3Have fun x2It’s safePlaytime x4
  • We get awesome visitorsDress-up daysSwimmingClubs
  • New lunch system

Year 4/5:

  • MathsFunP.E.

Year 5/6:

  • TeachersGolden timeFriendsNew dinner layout
  • All the equipment on the Junior yardThe FoodEverything
  • MADD daysEaster Egg Competitions All the new changes this year
  • Christmas MakingTopic WorkInter-school sportsPlays
  • P.E.FairsAfter-school clubsTripsLessons

Year 6:

  • It’s fun People are friendly and teachers mostly helpfulx4Techers are kind x9
  • Teachers are really nice and encourage us to do our bestAll the children are nice
  • Everyone is treated equally and are dealt with if they have something wrong
  • My friends x7Playground equipment x4 It’s a safe environment
  • New dinner method – gives you more choice x8Maths x4
  • P.E. x6Golden time x6Lessons are interesting and fun x6
  • The way we celebrate everybody’s celebrations and religions Multi-faith
  • Some of the teachers have bright ideas

What else would you like to improve about school?

Year 3:

  • Longer lunch timemore tripsmore playground equipment

Year 3/4:

  • Some time inside at break times if wantedSchool uniform
  • Big writes where we write any story we wantBehaviour
  • More monkey-bars and longer/harder trim trail
  • Nothing x 10More trips

Year 4/5:

  • More fun thingsdetention

Year 5/6:

  • More after-school clubsDrama as a lessonHomework
  • Football/sports teamsMore interesting activitiesWater fountains
  • Better footballs for playtimesFruit availableNew book bags
  • New PE kit as we are changing the uniform

Year 6:

  • Computer suiteDo more lessons outside
  • Year 6 to write in pens to prepare for high school x21 (pen licence if good enough!)
  • Change dinner tables back into 8 seat tables again
  • Get the Infants to eat in their hall so they do not leave a mess for us x4
  • Longer break More/ longer PE x5Sit with friends in lessons
  • More/ better trips x9Just change the badge on the uniform – not all of it x6
  • Fix the toilet !Tokens for the toiletsLock on the Y6 boys toilet
  • New footballsBetter technology – computers/laptops x2