School Holidays Habits

Made for the comeniusproject “different past,common future”.

A survey of school holidays habitsfrom the pupils of

Porta Mosana College Maastricht

Holidays

Survey made by pupils of year 3

Based on :

-The questionnaire proposed by Lycée Jean Monnet

-Questions made by us to be answered by parents

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PUPILS QUESTIONS :1.Did you travel this summer? 2.If you stayed home, what did you do? Name some activities. 3.If you travelled, where did you go? You may name different holiday destinations. 4.How many days was your holiday? 5.What type of accommodation did you use? (e.g. hotel, Bed & Breakfast hotel, caravan, rented house...)6.What was the main type of transport used to arrive to your holiday destination?7.What type of places did you visit? (e.g. museums, amusement parks, beaches...)8.Did you travel with your parents? Why not? 9.Did you have to speak a foreign language? Which one(s)? 10.What types of souvenirs did you purchase? 11.What would be your dream holiday destination? 12.What is your favourite school holiday period? 13.Do you think that French students have too many holidays? 14.Do you think that you yourself have too many holidays ?

PARENTS QUESTIONS :•Did you change holiday plans because of the economic crisis ?•If so : what did you change ?

1.destination2.type of accomodation3.length of stay4.other

1.Do you mind speaking a foreign language during your holidays ?2.Do you think your son/daughter has too many holidays ?

Questions

Number of respondents :

Pupils : 150 Parents : 40

Let’s first focus on the pupils’ answers….

Question 1 : did you travel this summer ?

Yes : 78 %

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No : 22 %

Question 2 : If you stayed home,what did you do ?

- Hang around with my friends

Many answers were given. Most popular :

- Swimmingpool

- Daytrips

- Going out

Question 3 : destination

Many countries, most popular :

!! 30 %

14 %

22 %

6 %

14 % 10 %

2,7 %

1,3 %

2 remaining partner countries in the project ....

And the percentage ?

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Spain

Netherlands

Germany

Italy

Cyprus

Czech Rep

Others

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22

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1,32,7

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Question 4 : How many days were your holidays ?

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30 < 7days : 4,66%

1 week : 9,33%

8 - 13 days : 9,33%

2 weeks : 30%

15 - 20 days : 25%

3 weeks : 14,6%

22 - 27 days : 5,33%

4 weeks : 4,42%

> 4 weeks : 1,33%

4,66

9,33 9,33

30

25

14,6

5,33

14,6

4,42

1,33

Question 5 : Type of accomodation

Camping :

28,66%

Appartement : 26,33%

Hotel : 20%

Rented house: 14%

Bed and breakfast: 5,33%

Camper: 4,42%

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appartement

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rented house

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28,66

26,33

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5,33 4,42

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Question 6 : Type of transport

Car : 65,33%

Plane: 9,33%

Bus: 9,33%

Train: 5,33%

Others: 10,68%

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plane

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others

9,33

5,33

10,68

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Question 7 : What type of places did you visit ?

A lot of variety....

Most mentioned :

-beach : more than 50% !!

-monuments

-swimming pool

-old city center

-theme park

-museum

-natural beauty

-zoo

Question 8 : Did you travel with your parents? Why not?

74,66% with parents

Those who travelled alone had permission to travel with friends to a destination in the Netherlands or with

friends parents.

18,66% with parents and without 6,66% without parents

Question 9 : Use of foreign languages ? Which ones?

72% : yes

28% : no

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Languages spoken :

86% !!!!

33,33%

20%

14,66% More than 100% because some pupils have

used several languages.

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english

german

french

spanish

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Question 10 : Souvenirs

Most bought : something typical of the country or region.

Further : clothes, watches ( copies also!!)Also : (cheap) jewellery, sunglasses.

Question 11 : Dreamholiday destination

Well.......... Almost 100% .................

Question 12 : Favourite schoolholidays

Summer holidays : 70%

Christmasholidays : 20%

Carnival holidays : 6%

Other : 4%

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summer

christmas

carnival

other

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Questions 13 and 14: Length of holidays.

These questions are really stupid !

Of course we need our holidays and they are not too long.

P.S. Only 1 pupil said that holidays are

too long, so probably his parents have

filled in this question !!

Parents questions

Question 1 and 2 : change of holiday plans

Yes : 57,5%

No : 42,5%

Change of :Destination 35%Length of stay 25%Type of accomodation 20%Other 20%

Question 3 : do you mind speaking a foreign language during holidays ?

Yes : 25%

No !!

Question 4 : are holidays too long for your children ?

Yes : 22,5%

No : 77,5%

These are the conclusions after our survey.

We are curious to learn about the results of the other schools.

The pupils of year 3 of Porta Mosana Maastricht.