Let’s Count! What is your Question? Years 1 to 6 Let’s Count! What is your Question? Ever since 1801, every ten years, we have held a Census. What does the Census do? The Census asks a whole range of questions. Why do we think the Census asks these questions?

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Today’s task: We will look at a selection of Census questions from 2011. We will compare a selection of Census questions from: Census 1981 Census 1991 Census 2001 Census 2011 Have some questions changed? Why do you think they have changed?

Let’s Count! What is your Question? A selection of questions from Census 2011 How many people usually live in your home? How good is your health? Very good Good Fair Bad Very bad Are all the rooms in your home (including kitchen, bathroom and toilet) behind a door that only your home can use? Yes No What type of heating does your home have? Gas Electric Oil Solid fuel(wood, coal) Other central heating How do you travel to work? Underground Train Bus, minibus, or coach Taxi Motor cycle, scooter or moped Car or van Bicycle On foot Other What passports do you hold?

Let’s Count! What is your Question? What changes do you notice? Why do you think these may have changed? 1981 (No question about central heating) 1991 Does your home have central heating in living rooms and bedrooms? Yes. Some, but not all, living rooms and bedrooms are centrally heated. No. No living rooms nor bedrooms are centrally heated. 2001 Does your home have central heating? Yes, in some or all rooms. No. 2011 What type of heating does your home have? No central heating. Gas. Electric. Oil. Solid fuel (wood, coal). Other central heating.

Let’s Count! What is your Question? What changes do you notice? Why do you think these may have changed? 1981 1991 2001 2011 How do you travel to work? British Rail train Underground, tube, metro, etc. Bus, minibus or coach Motor cycle, scooter, moped. Car or van pool, sharing driving Car or van – driver Car or van – passenger Pedal cycle On foot Underground, tube, metro Motorcycle, scooter or moped Driving a car or van Passenger in a car or van Other Work mainly at home Underground, metro, light rail, tram Train Taxi Bicycle Work mainly at or from home Motorcycle, scooter or moped

Let’s Count! What is your Question? What changes do you notice? Why do you think these have changed? 1981 Does your home have a flush toilet with entrance inside the building? Yes, for use by our home only. Yes, sharing with another home. No inside flush toilet. 1991 Does your home have a flush toilet with an entrance inside the building? No. Flush toilet with outside entrance only. No. No flush toilet indoors or outdoors. 2001 Do you have a bath/shower and toilet for use only by your home? Yes No 2011 Is your home’s accommodation self-contained? Yes, all the rooms are behind a door that only this home can use. No.

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Our first task: What does the Census do? Work in teams. Discuss which questions you would put in your Census. Consider: Why did you choose these questions? What will you do with the answers?

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Let’s Count! What is your Question? Our Second task: What does the Census do? Create an advert to encourage everyone to complete the Census. It could be a poster, a leaflet, a press release, a story for your local paper, video or a radio broadcast. Present your ideas back to the class!

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Year 6 Today’s task: Plan your Census questions. Write a persuasive text to encourage people to complete the Census. It could be a leaflet, a radio broadcast or a television advert. Think about: Your audience The purpose of your writing What information to include How to structure your text to be persuasive Will your writing be informal or formal?

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Nursery & Reception Let’s Count! What is your Question? Every 10 years we hold a Census. The Census asks special questions to every home across the country. The Census asks these questions to find out about everyone’s home and how we live.

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Let’s ask our own questions! What are the words we often use for starting sentences? What Why When Which Who Where How

Let’s Count! What is your Question? Now let’s think of our own question! We can share them at the end of the lesson. Question Question Question Question Question Question