Pant y Rhedyn 2018-19

RQ: Does the school want a fruit shop?

Research Methods: SurveyMonkey to parents, Plickers for pupils

Findings:

• 86% of Pupils, 90% of parents surveyed want a fruit shop in school
• 95% of Parents were willing to pay for the fruit
• Strawberries were the most popular fruit

Outcomes/Impact:

• The group presented their findings to the Head and school. They held an impact meeting with the head where he asked many practical questions and highlighted how the previous fruit shop had failed many years earlier.
• The group showed their project to members of the Senedd Children and Young People’s Committee in a Children’s Rights consultation. Their answers formed part of the Committee’s Report.
• Some pupils attended the 1st Climate change Summit at Bangor University
• 2 Undergraduate Dissertations were written by students from Childhood and Youth Studies, Bangor University that attended the sessions, one dissertation received attention on the Bangor University website as the highest mark on the course
• Pupils trialled the stand at the summer sports day. Discussions were held with the head about the practicalities of running a fruit shop in school and who would run it.  The pupils hoped to start the shop in the new term and had support from their local Assembly Member