On arriving at Sunnyhill we immediately noticed the up-beat tone of the children and how interested they were in our being there. After introducing ourselves to them be broke up into six groups each with about 5 or 6 children and began asking them the questions we had earlier prepared. We discovered that some of the main problems were school related, i.e. bullying, falling out with friends, supply teachers, but we could also see that the children already were aware and had been of told how to deal with these issues. Soon we could see less touched upon and even less common primary school problems, such as racism and swearing, or common problems that maybe are not warned about enough, such as the dangers of being out on their own.
When we finished asking them questions, we decided to read them some stories, to see what kind of books might attract their attention and which they wouldn't like. We saw that they were easily bored by repetitive stories, and they wanted new things to be said and done, they loved the pictures in the books, and they liked being able to guess what happened next.
We gave the teacher our surveys and questionnaire, so we could begin designing our performance when we received the results.
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