Grandchildren’s questionnaire results

5A Pupils (12-13 years old) – 23 questionnaires6 A & B – 53

1A .How often grandchildren see their grandparents during school period?

•every day4% •once a

week13%

•a few times a week22%

•once a month13%

•twice a month

17%

•less than once a month

30%

5eme

•every day6% •once

a week25%

•a few times a week21%

•once a

month13%

•twice a

month11%

•less than

once a month

19%

•Never6%

6eme

1B . How often grandchildren see their grandparents during holidays?

•every day4% •once a

week13%

•a few times a week52%

•once a month

9%

•twice a

month9%

•less than

once a month

13%

5eme

•every day21%

•once a week21%

•a few times a week30%

•once a month

8%

•twice a month

6%

•less than

once a month

11% •Never4%

6eme

3. Amount of time that grandparents dedicate to their grandchild when they spend time with the grandchild’s family

•A lot 57%

•quite a lot39%

•very little 4%

5eme

•A lot 72%

•quite a lot15%

•not very

much8%

•Little2%

•very little 2%

•Not at all2%

6eme

2. Grandparents’ ranking on the list of those with whom grandchildren play the most.

(2 mentions of great-grandparents)

•1st position 9%

•2nd 26%

•3rd 22%

•4th35%

•6th

4%

•0 mention 4%

5eme

•2nd 18%

•3rd 36%

•4th20%

•5th 14%

•6th

6%•0 mention

6%

6eme

4. Things grandchildren love doing with their grandparents

• Mending things, swimming, fishing, sports, going for mushrooms - mentioned once (5A)

• Mending things, PC, fishing, gardening, mushrooms, hunting - mentioned once (6A + 6B)

•Play 27%

•Cook18%

•Walk18%

•Watch TV11%

•Draw10%

•Cinema7%

•Shopping7%

•Talking3%

5eme

•Play 30%

•Cook10%

•Walk23%

•Watch TV12%

•Draw2%

•Cinema3%

•Shopping

4%

•Talk-ing10%

•Read3%

•Nothing2%

6eme

11. In which activities do you prefer your grandparents to your parents?

•Play39%

•Talk 24%

•School work 15%

•Cuddling3%

• shopping 3%

• cook-ing 3%

•Nothing 9%

• No opinion3%

5eme

•Play40%

•Talk 24%•Scho

ol work 10%

•Cuddling7%

• shopping 3%

• cook-ing 7%

•Nothing 6%

• No opinion1%

6eme

12. Is there something that you can do with your grandparents but you can’t do with your parents?

• Drink coffee, sleep, shop, read, go out, travel, watch TV - mentioned once

•Artcraft28%

•Talk 20%

•Mending

things 20%

•No such things20%

•Play 8%

•Sports, walk4%

5eme

•Artcraft9%

•Talk 26%

•Mending things 22%

•Cook 18%

•No such things

9%

•Play 9%

•Sports, walk6%

6eme

5. Traditional games pupils play with their family and friends.

•Cards 22%

•Draughts 14%

•Monopoly

11%•Skipping rope

11%

•Petits chevaux

11%

•Jeu de l’oie 8%

•La belote 8%

•Hide and seek 6%

•Jeu de bérét 6%

Chess3%

5eme

•Cards 25%

•Draughts 17%

•Monopoly 7%

•Petits chevaux 28%

•Marbles5%

•Jeu de

l’oie 12%

•La belote 3%

•Jeu de bérét 3%

6eme

6. a) Generation gap. Do grandchildren have to repeat what they say when chatting with grandparents?

•Often9%

•Sometimes22%

•Seldom26%

•Never43%

5eme

•all the time2%

•Often12%

•Sometimes34%

•Seldom51%

6eme

6.b) Generation gap. Do grandchildren have to ask their grandparents to clarify what they means?

•Sometime

s17%

•Seldom52%

•never 30%

5eme

•all the time2%

•Often4%

•Sometimes26%

•Seldom49%

•never 19%

6eme

9. Would you like to have school activities and events with grandparents’ participation?

•Yes61%

•I have no opinion

39%

5eme

•Yes70%

•No9%

•I hav

e no opinion 21%

6eme

14. Do you feel your motivation increasing  thanks to the participation of your family in school life?

•A lot30%

•Averagely39%

•A little9%

•Not at all17%

•No opinion 4%

5eme

•A lot55%•Averagely

26%

•A little13%

•Not at all4%

•No opinion 2%

6eme

13. How happy do you feel when you spend time with your grandparents?

•Very96%

•Averagely4%

5eme

•Very87%

•Aver-agely

9%•A little

2%

•Grandparents are dead

2%

6eme

8. Would you like to take part in activities at school which are different from traditional lessons? (trips, workshops, contests, festivals, arts and sports events)

Yes100%

5eme

Yes77%

No4%

I have no opinion

19%

6eme

7. Are there activities at school which are different from traditional lessons with teachers? (trips, workshops, contests, festivals, arts and sports events)

•Few13%

•from time to

time52%

•quite of -ten22%

•very of -ten13%

5eme

•Few17%

•from

time to

time47%

•quite often28%

•very often8%

6eme

10. Would you like to do some activities with your teachers which are different from the subjects they teach?

•Yes87%

•I have no opin-ion

13%

5eme

•Yes83%

•No6%

•I have no opin-ion11%

6eme

Our strengths• rather frequent contacts, which increase during holidays• significant dedication on grandparents’ part• strong complicity and good mutual understanding• privileged grandparents’position in certain activity areas• many traditional games are still alive• sufficient number of non-formal educational activities • A lot of enthusiasm for non-traditional educational activities

Opportunities

• Increase pupils’ motivation by providing more activities with grandparents• Strengthen pupil-teacher as well as grandchild-grandparent

relationship through non-formal activities• Create more occasions for pupils do discover or practice

traditional games