School Holidays Habits
Transcript of School Holidays Habits
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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COMENIUS PROJECT
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
30
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
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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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10,00%
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30,00%camping
appartement
hotel
rented house
bed andbreakfast
camper
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%
65,33%
9,33%
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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
other
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%
70%
20%
6%4%
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70%
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.