Church Schools Survey
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Parents Church School Questionnaire
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What do you think makes All Saints a distinctly Christian school?
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What Christian signs and symbols are around to show this?
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What do you think of our new School Vision, the words and picture? “Our All Saints family shall ARISE and shine for the light of the Lord is upon us” |
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Do you agree that our ARISE values (achieve, respect, include, support, enjoy) give children and staff an understanding of how to act in a Christian way towards each other?
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The children tell us that they value gathering together for a daily act of worship and going to the church for special services. Do you agree and why?
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In RE lessons the children learn about our Christian faith and also the faiths and beliefs of others. How do you think this helps them?
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Is there something you child has learnt about in RE that they have told you about?
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The Bible tells us we must care for others at home and abroad. What do you think of the opportunities there are during the year at school to support charitable good causes?
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In your view, is there anything that could improve All Saints as a Christian school? |
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We welcome your views on All Saints as a church school. Please give any opinions you have about the school if you want to
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Y4 Pupil Questionnaire
Janet Harsent, the Chair of Governors and the school Vicar met with a randomly selected group of year four children and asked the following questions.
Question asked | Pupil responses |
What do you think makes our school a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about our School Vision and what it means?
| All of the group could recite the Vision and stated that they liked both the words and the picture that represented the vision. All of the children knew that the vision is based on a Bible verse.
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What are our ARISE values and do you think they help staff and children act in a Christian way?
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Respect.
Include
Support
Enjoy
The group of children then happily shared the prayers that they say in class each day. |
Do you think that our Vision and Values help you to think about spiritual things like God and Jesus? |
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What symbols do we have around school that show we are a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about the special Reflection/ Prayer station area in your classroom? |
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What do you like about gathering together for worship? ( which we call ‘Spiritual Development’)
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Why do we light a candle at the start of worship/ Spiritual Development? |
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Can you think of an act of worship that was about issues that are important to you? Which one was it?
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Does worship give you a chance to think about things in your own life? What do you find helpful? |
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What do you think about RE lessons? What have you enjoyed most? |
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How do RE lessons help you learn about our Christian faith and beliefs and those of other religions.
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As a Christian school does the school provide opportunities to do as the bible tells us that we should eg help others.
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Do RE lessons make you think and if so what do you think about? |
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How do you think we could improve on being a Christian school? |
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All Saints Church of England Primary School
Y6 Pupil Questionnaire
Janet Harsent, the Chair of Governors and the school Vicar met with a randomly selected group of year six children and asked the following questions.
Question asked | Pupil responses |
What do you think makes our school a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about our School Vision and what it means?
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What are our ARISE values and do you think they help staff and children act in a Christian way?
| The pupils were all able to articulate the ARISE values. Here are some of their comments:
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Do you think that our Vision and Values help you to think about spiritual things like God and Jesus? |
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What symbols do we have around school that show we are a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about the special Reflection/ Prayer station area in your classroom? |
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What do you like about gathering together for worship? ( which we call ‘Spiritual Development’)
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Why do we light a candle at the start of worship/ Spiritual Development? |
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Can you think of an act of worship that was about issues that are important to you? Which one was it?
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Does worship give you a chance to think about things in your own life? What do you find helpful? |
All of the group were able to speak very positively about the effect Spiritual Development has on them as individuals. |
What do you think about RE lessons? What have you enjoyed most? |
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How do RE lessons help you learn about our Christian faith and beliefs and those of other religions.
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As a Christian school does the school provide opportunities to do as the bible tells us that we should eg help others.
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Both the Sikh and Muslim pupils in the group mentioned that their religions are similar to Christianity because they believe in charity too. |
Do RE lessons make you think and if so what do you think about? |
All pupils could recite the Lord’s Prayer and then did so, one in the original version.
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All Saints Church of England Primary School
Y2 Pupil Questionnaire
Janet Harsent, the Chair of Governors and the school Vicar met with a randomly selected group of year twos and asked the following questions.
Question asked | Pupil responses |
What do you think makes our school a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about our School Vision and what it means?
| (The children were able to remember the school vision and they readily recited it).
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What are our ARISE values and do you think they help staff and children act in a Christian way?
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Do you think that our Vision and Values help you to think about spiritual things like God and Jesus? |
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What symbols do we have around school that show we are a Christian school?
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Can you tell me about the special Reflection/ Prayer station area in your classroom? |
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What do you like about gathering together for worship? ( which we call ‘Spiritual Development’)
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(Gathering together was seen as important by all the children)
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Why do we light a candle at the start of worship/ Spiritual Development? |
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Can you think of an act of worship that was about issues that are important to you? Which one was it?
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Does worship give you a chance to think about things in your own life? What do you find helpful? |
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What do you think about RE lessons? What have you enjoyed most? |
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How do RE lessons help you learn about our Christian faith and beliefs and those of other religions.
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(the children discussed the diversity of the group sitting around the table) |
As a Christian school does the school provide opportunities to do as the bible tells us that we should eg help others.
| (The children discussed some of the charities they have recently raised money for.)
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Do RE lessons make you think and if so what do you think about? |
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How do you think we could improve on being a Christian school? |
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