Growing up in North Yorkshire

In May last year, children in Y2 and Y6 completed a survey entitled ‘Growing Up in North Yorkshire’ which requested the children answer questions on their daily lives. Questions such as ‘Did you eat breakfast this morning?’, ‘Do you like being at school?’, ‘How well does your school deal with bullying?’ and ‘Have you ever been to swimming lessons?’. Children in Y2 were asked approximately 50 questions whilst children in Y6 were asked about 80 questions.    North Yorkshire then compiled the answers and compared these with a larger sample from our area (North Yorkshire).  We are delighted to share that Tockwith Primary results were very positive – a selection of the results can be seen below.

The first percentage shows the Tockwith results whilst the percentage in brackets is the comparative result for North Yorkshire.

KS1

0% (3%) of pupils responded that they didn’t have anything to eat or drink for breakfast before lessons on the day of the survey.

80% (78%) of pupils responded that they cleaned their teeth at least twice on the day before the survey.

97% (87%) of pupils said they have food from school at lunchtime.

83% (83%) of pupils said they do one or more of the physical activities listed in the questionnaire at least ‘twice a week’ at school; 83% (65%) said they do so ‘most days’.

59% (48%) of pupils said they normally walk most of the way to school, while 28% (11%) said they cycle.

97% (94%) of pupils said they have had school lessons about how to keep themselves safe and 100% (93%) said they have had lessons about keeping safe online.

KS2

97% (88%) of pupils responded that they had something to eat for breakfast on the morning of the survey.

47% (26%) of boys and 36% (25%) of girls responded that they ate at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables on the day before the survey.

80% (69%) of pupils responded that they have found school lessons about healthy eating ‘quite’ or ‘very’ useful, while 7% (4%) found them ‘not at all useful’ and 0% (5%) couldn’t remember any.

67% (54%) of pupils responded that they do five or more hours of physical activity in a typical week in school.

67% (54%) of pupils said they normally walk to school (most of the way).

97% (82%) of pupils responded that they got at least eight hours sleep the night before the survey.

71% (50%) of pupils responded that they talk to someone when they have a problem or feel stressed or lonely.

84% (67%) of pupils responded that they think their school takes bullying seriously, while 6% (10%) think it doesn’t take it seriously.

100% (86%) of pupils responded that they think it is important to go to school regularly, while 0% (4%) think it isn’t important.

93% (84%) of pupils responded that their work is marked so they can see how to improve it.

48% (33%) of pupils had a high or maximum score (48 – 60) on the Stirling Children’s Wellbeing Scale.