Questionnaire PLAY WITH US

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QuestionnairePLAY WITH US

• Parents and students interests in sports

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Age of students
1996 1997
1995 1996
1997 1998
1997
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Hours spend on sport
Students participated in answering VS
participated in sports activities GB 49 VS 45
92 - competing 33 73 GR 41 VS 26 63 -
competing 21 81 DK 23 VS 22 96 -
competing 14 64
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Sports

• Tag rugby 3
• Cycling 2
• Skating 2
• Gymnastics 2
• Table tennis 1
• Squash 1
• Skateboarding 1
• Rugby 1
• Irish dancing 1
• Running 1

• Football18
• Athletics 16
• Swimming 14
• Dancing 11
• Netball 8
• Cricket 5
• Trampoline 5
• Tennis 3
• Karate 3
• Badminton 3

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Students remarks

• Because I want to be strong and able to swim
• We had a tournament and it was fun
• I enjoyed it
• Fun and great exercise
• I love to dance
• Im good at it
• Keeps me healthy
• Fun to compete
• I love running around

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Students remarks

• Because I need to learn how to defend myself
• My dad tought me how to play
• I learned how to swimm in case I drown
• I like most sports so I try to do as many as I
  can
• It lets me unlease and it gives me great exercise
• I want to keep active
• They are energetic and fun
• I think it is a good way of exercising while
  having fun
• I think it looks cool doing gymnastics
• I enjoy sport and I thought I would give this a
  go
• Easy to play

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Sports

• Basketball 11
• Football 5
• Swimming 5
• Vollyball 2
• Gymnastics 2
• Skateboarding 2
• Tennis 1
• Teakwondo 1

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Students remarks

• Because Im good at it
• Because of my mother
• Its an exiting sport
• My father playes it and its fun
• My parents recommended it
• I became interested when I saw it in the TV
• It helps me beeing healthy and strong
• Very interesting
• I like action sport
• To keep fit

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sports

• Football 8
• Gymnastics 6
• Tennis 5
• Riding 4
• Badminton 4
• Karate 3
• Swimming 2
• Handball 2
• Motocross 1
• Vollyball 1

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Students remarks

• Because my mum participate in the same sport
• The whole family plays the same sport
• Because I can participate in the local village
• I love horses and riding is fun
• Because my friends participate
• Tennis is fun
• It looked like fun
• Because its a teamsport
• All my friends play football

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Age of parents
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Hours spend on sport
Parents participated in answering VS participated
in sports activities GB 34 VS 28 82 -
competing 23 82 GR 35 VS 19 54 -
competing 11 58 DK 42 VS 38 90 -
competing 24 63
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Parent remarks

• Enjoyed participation in all sports
• Like team sports
• Its fun and gets your heart pumping
• Enjoyed playing team games
• They are on after school
• Enjoyed playing against other schools
• They were the only ones we could choose
• I learned it at school and enjoyed it
• It was the only choise for girls
• I was a good runner and enjoyed watching it on TV
• Enjoyed it and had friends who played it

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Parent remarks

• I like sports
• I had long legs and it was fun
• I liked Michal Jordan
• Its a teamsport
• These sports are interesting
• We were together with friends
• Saw it in the TV
• I could do it every day
• I like walter, and wanted to learn how to swim
• Racing requires balance of energi, mental
  determination, stamina and speed
• To get fit

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Parent remarks

• It was fun
• The whole family participated in this sport
• I had a very skillful teatcher
• Because of the comrades participated
• It was on the local school after school
• Because my friends played
• Everybody played football
• I wanted to learn how to play it
• invigorating exercise for the whole body
• of pleasure
• I would like to learn to swim
• I loved horses

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Student comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• Its good to share informtion and thoughts
• You learn about different countries and the
  differences between them
• You get connections with people around the world
• Nice to make new friends and write with them
• a joint Sports Day sounded really good
• We learn about different countries
• Because we have a penpal
• It gives me a chance to send people messages
• Its helping me to learn how to write letters
• We take interest in sports from GR and DK
• We can learn how children from GR and DK live
• Because it allows people from different countries
  to find out more about their countries culture

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Student comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• Very interesting to know about europeans and we
  use the computers
• Its exiting and interesting
• It my favorite project
• Communication with children from other countries
• I like it
• I like to learn about other countries and its
  very interesting
• Its cool
• I learn about cultures
• I have penfriends
• We tell about our culture and we learn about
  other cultures
• Because we are going to compete
• Like the project because its about play

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Student comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• Because its fun to see what others are doing
• It good we make the same things in all three
  countries at the same time
• I like to write and learn about other countries
• Because we have our own penpal
• It a great project and we only write in english
• We get to know a lot about the other countries
  which we could not read elsewhere
• Because we recieve letters
• Its new and exiting
• Communication with students from other countries
• Nice to get to know people from other countries
• Its good

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Parents comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• Its important for children to learn about what
  other children are doing in other countries
• Its interesting af fun for the children to learn
  about
• Learning to communicate with other people from
  other countries
• Better understanding of how other children live
  and are educated
• Give the children experience of long distance
  communication
• Wider their horizon and have better understanding
• It encourages them to learn
• Its good to share skills and knowledge
• It makes my child have new friends and develop
  her writing
• Its fun and interesting
• A good way for children to learn how children in
  the world are taught

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Parents comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• A great way to get to know kids in different
  cultures
• Great way to exchange information
• Good for litteracy skills and learning about
  other nationalities and their culture
• Interesting and stimulating
• Bradens their horizons
• I like the fact that my son is in touch with
  children from other countries and finding out how
  they do things at school/ at home
• A good way to learn how to write letters
• My daughter says the project overall is fun and
  if she likes it, I like it

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Parents comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• Its interesting
• A good chance for cultural exchange and making
  european penpals
• Learning about other cultures
• It bring children from DK, UK and Greece closer
• Its usefull because the children finds out about
  what kids are doing in other countries
• Because our children teach the other kids about
  their culture and learn from the information
  about their culture
• They learn about hobbies and sports from other
  countries
• They make friends
• Positiv effect in practise on english
• They learn how to correspond and how to use the
  computers
• My child will learn from DK and UK
• Its doing good to our children
• My kid loves it, so I love it

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Parents comments on participating in the
Commenius project Play With Us

• It brilliant and Its genious
• Good for communication
• The students gain new acquaintanceand learn new
  things
• A good way to learn how to write english
• Always good to learn something about how children
  in other countries make things
• The students learn about students in other
  countries
• Exchange experiences
• Lears how to write english letters to penpals
• It makes the world smaller
• Another good way to use the english language
• The children learn tollerence
• Funny and global
• Good project based on sports