Questionnaire ‘We Europeans’ Basisschool Lavoor Roosendaal, The Netherlands

Introduction The questionnaire was made by the students of the 7th and 8th class. In total 49 students made the questionnaire. In every class a few kids made the questionaire. They are between 10 and 12 years old. 47 students knew the name of our project. Most of the children mentioned their name, age, school and hometown. They talked about their hobbies. These are the hobbies that were most common: In general: tennis, playing outside, hockey, playing an instrument (guitar, harp, flute, drumms etc.), playing with their pets and drawing Boys: playing computergames, soccer Girls: dancing, singing, horsebackriding, gymnastics

The purpose of this project 1)Learn about other countries and their pupils -> 34 students 2) Learn about school in other countries -> 41 students 3) Learn new languages -> 32 students 4) Visit new places -> 38 students 5)Make / meet new friends -> 43 students

Finding the 8 countries 1)Holland 49 2)United Kingdom 49 3)Italy 48 4)Turkey43 5)Poland43 6)Czech Republic48 7)Lithuania 47 8)Hellas 18

Matching the capitals to the countries 1.Amsterdam – The Netherlands49 2.Rome – Italy48 3.London – England46 4.Athens – Greece40 5.Ankara – Turkey34 6.Prague – Czech Republic 26 7.Warsaw – Poland30 8.Vilnius – Lithuania 29

What comes to your mind? Italy: Holiday, Venice, pizza, pasta, shape of a boot, tower of Pisa, icecream, Vatican, spaghetti, Rome, vulcano, Milan, beach. England: English bus, island, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, William & Kate, driving on the left side of the road, London, soccer, the Olympics, breakfast with bacon and eggs, Mr. Bean, millenium wheel. Greece: Sun, hot, sea, financial crisis, restaurants, history, Kos, islands, tzatziki, temples, olives, giros.

Turkey: Holiday, hot, kebab, ½ in Europe, hotels, mosque, Istanbul, dark hair, Ankara, hamam, muslims. Czech Republic: Landscape, mountains, forests, Prague, icehockey. Poland: Cold, snow, Warsaw, Auschwitz, European soccer Championship, not many jobs - > a lot of people from Poland are working in The Netherlands. Lithuania: Vilnius, small country.

How to say goodmorning 1)Holland 49 2)United Kingdom 49 3)Italy 38 4)Greece 25 5)Turkey 31 6)Czech Republic 10 7)Poland 11 8)Lithuania 27

What we would like to learn: 1)What does your school look like? 2)What type of books do you use in class? 3)How do you live? 4)What language do you speak? 5)How is the weather in your country? 6)What type of food do you eat? 7)What do you like to learn in school? 8)In what type of house do you live? 9)Which sports are popular in your country? 10)What type of hobbies do you have?

What do we have in common? 1)We all go to school. 2)We all participate in this project. 3)Our countries are part of the EU. 4)We all live in Europe. 5)We are all human beings. 6)We are alle children and teachers. 7)We communicate in English with each other 8)The Euro (in some countries)

Drawing and colouring the flags. 1.The Netherlands 44 2.England 35 3.Italy 36 4.Turkey 39 5.Greece 44 6.Czech Republic 33 7.Poland 19 8.Lithuania 32