Parent Survey

As part of our ongoing evaluation processes at the school, it is important that we receive feedback on the school each year. Our parent community plays an important part of Burnside Public School. We value your opinion, please take 5 mins to complete the survey.

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* 1. Name (Optional: please place an x where you do not want/need to comment)

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* 2. Stage of my child/children?

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* 3. How many years have you been involved with Burnside Public School?

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* 4. Are you happy with the Before and After School Care facilities offered by the school?

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* 5. Are you satisfied with the canteen facility offered by SPAR?

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* 6. Satisfaction

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither agree or disagree Agree Strongly Agree
I feel welcome at the school
I am well informed about school activities.
Teachers listen to concerns I have.
I can easily make an appointment and speak with the class teacher.
I can easily make an appointment and speak with the Principal.
I can easily make an appointment and speak with the Assistant Principal of my child's year level.
Parent activities are scheduled at times when I can attend.
The schools administration staff are helpful when I have a question or problem.
Reports on my child's progress are written in terms I understand.
Reports are based against learning criteria not against other students performance.
Teacher's clearly communicate difficulties my child is experiencing at school.
Teacher's would inform me if my child was not making adequate progress.
I am well informed about my child's social, emotional and behavioural needs.
I speak with my child about their academic success on a regular basis.
I speak with my child about challenges they experience at school.
I speak with my child about how to solve problems with friends positively.
I encourage my child to be accepting and inclusive.

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* 7. Homework - I support an online mathematics homework such as Mathletics. (Online products allow teachers to alter the difficulty of tasks set for each child)

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* 8. Homework - I support preparing speeches for homework.

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* 9. What type of homework would you like set for your child?

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* 10. Do you listen to your child read every day (K-3) or encourage your child to read independently (4-6) each day?

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* 11. Parent/ Teacher/ Student interviews have been encouraged this year to ensure students have a voice in their learning. Do you believe this initiative has been successful for your child?

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* 12. Please comment on any suggestions you have regarding parent/teacher/student meetings in the future.

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* 13. Our school library is open at lunch times, 4 days a week. As part of the library students may play educational games, complete homework or research on the computers. Do you think that students should be using computers during the lunch time session?

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* 14. Please comment about computer usage within the school.

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* 15. Choir - Currently our year 3 students form the choir for the Celebrating the Arts concert. After suggestion from the CTA committee we are considering moving choir to a year 4 option. Please consider the options below and choose the one that most suits your ideas and thoughts.

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* 16. PSSA Sport allows students the opportunity to compete against other schools. Please select the answer that best fits your choice.

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* 17. Please comment on any other sport/fitness suggestions for the school.

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* 18. The school provides many opportunities for students to be involved in extra-curricular activities e.g: debating, Maths-Olympiad, writing competitions, NSW Uni competitions, Movie Makers, Spelling Bee, Speaking competitions, dance. Please list any other activities that you would like the school to consider for additional involvement.

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* 19. Please list any other considerations/ suggestions you have for staff to consider in order to improve the school in 2019 and beyond.

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