Why did I research this question?
I chose to do my social research project about
swimming because I enjoy swimming and train
with Central Milton Keynes Swimming Club.
I really liked swimming lessons, and having lessons
gave me the skills and confidence to join a club.
I wanted to find out if other children in my school
had also found swimming lessons helpful.
How did I make sure my research was ethical?
• I made sure that children who took part signed a consent form
• The children did not put their names on the questionnaires, it
was anonymous
• I made sure that the questions I asked didn’t upset anyone
• When the children gave their questionnaires back I made sure
that I stored the information properly, so it was kept confidential
and not shared with anyone
• When this project is finished I will make sure that all the
questionnaires are destroyed
Collecting data
1. I decided on my topic
2. I thought about the questions I should use and chose
a mix of open and closed questions
3. Then I made my questionnaire.
4. I gave out the questionnaires to children in my school
in Years 1 – 6, who are between 5 and 11 years old
5. Collected in the completed questionnaires
6. I analysed the data by using a 5 bar gate to count the
answers to closed questions. I coded the answers to
the open questions.
I gave out 60 questionnaires and got 38 back
Results
Q1:What year are you in?
Year 6
24%
Year 5
24%
Year 3
Year4
Year 5
Year 3
26%
Year4
26%
Year 6
I gave questionnaires to Year 1 and Year 2 children, but none were returned.
Results
Q2:Do you have swimming lessons?
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Year 3
Year4
Year 5
Yes
Year 6
No
This shows that more children in Year 4 have swimming lessons
Results
Where do you have your swimming lessons?
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Year 3
Year 4
In school
Out of school
Year 5
1 to 1 lesson
Year 6
Results
How often do you have your swimming
lessons?
Year 3
Year 4
Never
Weekly
Monthly
Year 5
Not answered
Had lessons before
Year 6
Results
Children's comments about out of
school swimming lessons
• Fun and you get to try new
things
• Really good
• Good because I get better at a
skill of life
• My teacher is very funny
• It calms me down
• It is a great sport
• Amazing
• Good
• They are fun
• I like going because I learn
new things
• Bad, boring
Children's comments about
school swimming lessons
• Not shabby
• A good way to learn for free
• I get distracted by my friends
• It was fun
• I got to splash about and learn
how to swim
• They were very boring and
very short
• Very good, it’s fun and I learnt
how to swim
• We don’t do enough of them
• I think we don’t do it enough
• It is boring
• I think they are good
• I have fun and learn lots
Results
Do you feel you are learning from your swimming lessons?
Year 6
Year 5
Year 4
Year 3
Yes
No
Results
What equipment do you use in your lessons?
Woggles
Floats
Arm bands
Paddles
Results
Would you change anything about your
swimming lessons?
How cold the water is
I would like them to be longer so I learn more
I would like to be able to hold my breath for longer
under water
Conclusion
I found that children had more
positive comments about out of
school lessons.
I found that allot of Y4 children
Said they had swimming lessons
But when I asked in school or out of
School they said in school.
If I did my project again ……
I would change my sampling to snowball sampling,
so the questionnaire only went to children having
swimming lessons
I wouldn’t print my questionnaire on both the
front and back of the paper. Lots of children didn’t
realise there were questions on the back. It would
also have made analysing the answers easier
I would have used more closed questions. This
would have made it easier to analyse the data.
Also the children often did not answer open
questions
What I have learnt from doing my
Social Research project?
• Creating a graph in Power
Point
• How to write a
questionnaire
• How to analyse data
• That making a
questionnaire and
analysing the results are
harder than I thought
Thank you for taking the time to
listen to my presentation
Do you have any questions?