1+2 Modern languages Open Afternoon
60 Evaluation Forms completed by parents
1. Did you find today’s workshop useful?
Very useful – 58
Somewhat useful - 2
Not useful -0
2. Overall, would you rate this workshop as
Excellent – 33
Very Good – 24
Good 3
Fair – 0
3. How many children do you have who attend this
school
53
Which classes are your children in?
P1- 6
P2- 4
P2/3- 5
P3 – 5
P3/4 – 4
P4- 5
P5- 10
P6- 4
P6/7 – 4
P7 - 6
4. What did you learn today that you will use in your
home?
Comments:
 To support children with languages
 Web resources – some ideas for reinforcement
learning, cultural aspect
 Encourage speaking French
 BBC website for language based games
 Practise language more
 Using language labels throughout the house
 To use languages
 Language interchanging and mother tongue
substitution
 Which languages you will teach and ways that
you include it in
 Use greetings in other languages
 Website available for ideas
 Try to chat more in French
 Speaking the language WITH the children
 Use language more in everyday tasks
 What 1+2 meant
 Try and label things in French
 Café words in French
 How naturally learning takes place
 Teach them the names of basic objects
 Talking about numbers and colours in French
 More information about what is being done in
Springfield Primary School
 Everything!
 Making learning fun
 Some useful words- very exciting!
 I’m coming to help in school
5. What would you like future workshops to include?
 More of the same
 All ways- enjoy seeing the children in their
environment
 Lots more of today
 Conversations to challenge the pupils eg role
play in a shop etc
 More worksheets with English and French to
remind parents!
 More information about what is done in SPS
 Just the same- this was excellent
 Tips for activities, resources to use at home
 More singing and words
 No change- this was super!
 More curriculum info regarding other subjects
 Lessons for parents?
 Maths and reading
 Same ideas- thought afternoon was great
 Science!
 I think that this was a good workshop and others
should follow a similar format
 Loved the children singing
 Parent interaction
 Examples of how we can help integrate the same
skills
 Media eg internet
 Big Maths
 Literacy
 Other explanations of core curriculum acitvities
6. Do you have any other comments?
 Thank you for arranging this!
 Looking forward to the next one! Café was a nice
idea
 Very enjoyable
 Thank you!
 Thank you for organisning this, the children
were very enthusiastic and friendly
 Would prefer to see Spanish used through early
stages
 Great stuff! Thank you
 I rarely get to attend curriculum events and have
thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon. If other
workshops are in a similar line that’s great!
 Café- great idea
 Great afternoon, forgot how much Spanish I
remembered
 I was very glad to have made the effort to come
this afternoon, this was a great experience.
 Really good fun, thanks!
 Fantastic event- well done pupils and teachers,
thank you
 Great café- good service and good French
speaking- enjoyed coffee and croissants
 Fantastic idea, loved the café
 The children and teachers looked like they were
having a great time- thank you
 Very well done!
 Good to see the children having fun with
languages
 A very interesting and enjoyable afternoon.
Lovely to see the children so enthusiastic
 Good to see - the children were very impressivethank you!
 Absolutely wonderful. Thoroughly enjoyed the
workshop today. Especially the Spanish
workshop in class. Also the French café!
 Really nice to see the children in the classroom
environment
 Thank you for such a pleasant afternoon and to
meet such enthusiastic staff who are committed
to teaching our children
 Thank you for inviting me to such a super event!
 Really enthusiastic and interesting presentation.
Loved the French café! Was great to see all the
children enjoying the language activities