School Dinners Survey Primary School pupil & parents consultation 2012

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1 School Dinners Survey Primary School pupil & parents consultation 2012 We would like you to tell us how you feel about your school dinners. If you have school dinners, we want to know if we can make them better for you and if you don't have school dinners tell us why not. Please take this survey home and ask your parents/guardian to help you fill this in and return it back to your school, or you can complete this survey online at Please hand in your completed survey back to the school by Friday 19 October 2012 You tell us what you think about your school dinners Q1 Q2 Do you have school dinners? please tick one box only yes, always - go to Q3 yes, sometimes - go to Q3 no, not at all Why don't you have school dinners? please tick up to 3 boxes and go to Q7 I tried them, but I didn't like the taste of school dinners the queues are too long cost too much money I like my packed lunch I don't like the choices of meals I go home for lunch my parents choose for me I don't know

2 Q3 What do you think of your school dinners? please tick one box only very poor poor okay good very good Q4 At dinner time, which of these things are you happy or unhappy with? please tick one box for each row taste of the food amount of food you get choice of meals time you spend queuing time you have to eat your dinner where you sit / who you sit with happy unhappy Q5 Do you usually get the meal that you want? please tick one box only yes no Q6 Do the kitchen staff listen to what you want for your dinner? please tick one box only yes no Q7 Generally, what sort of a meals do you prefer? please tick all the ones that you like English - like cheese flan, shepherd's pie, roast meat Indian - like curry, korma, tikka masala Italian - like pizza, pasta, spaghetti, lasagne Chinese - like noodles, sweet and sour, spring rolls Afro-Caribbean - like Cajun chicken, B-B-Q chicken, peas and rice other Other, please tell us which other meals you prefer

3 Q8 Tell us what can we do to make your school dinners better? Parents / guardians tell us what you think about your child's school dinners This part of the survey is to be completed by the child(ren)s parent/guardian. Q9 What is the name of the school your child(ren) attends? please write the name of your school in the box Q10 Does your child(ren) have any special dietary requirements? please tick all boxes that apply no, none at all yes, vegetarian yes, halal yes, other If other, have you discussed this with the school catering staff? Q11 If you child(ren) has school meals, do you agree that daily meal choices listed on the school menu are available to your child? please tick one box only Yes, always Yes, sometimes No, not at all

4 Q12 How or dis are you with the following aspects of the school dinners at your child(ren)s school? please tick one box for each row quality of the food cost of the food time allocated for dinner time knowing what at how much your child eats very the menu choices availability of food through out lunchtime the dinner time arrangements i.e. supervision, queues, service, seating etc catering for special dietary needs overall, school meals at your child primary school If you are dis, please explain why neither nor dissa tisfied dis very dis don't know / not sure Free school meals There are a significant number of children in Luton entitled to free school meals but they are not taking these up and we would like to understand the reasons for this. Q13 Q14 Does your child have free school meals? please one box only yes If your child is or were to be entitled to free school meals, do you have any concerns about your child having free school meals? please explain no If you would like to find out if your child(ren) is entitled to free school meals you can telephone Customer Services on or RevenuesAdmin@luton.gov.uk

5 Q15 Overall, as a parent, what is your one main concern about school meals? please explain or leave blank if no concerns Q16 What do you feel could be done to improve school meals for your child(ren)? please tell us your suggestions About your child We need to make sure that we are hearing the views of lots of different children - both boys and girls, of different, ages and backgrounds. Please fill in the next few questions about your child. Q17 Is your child a... please tick one box only Boy Girl Q18 Which year is your child in... please tick one box only year R year 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 Q19 To which ethnic group would you say your child belongs? please tick one box only White - British Asian/Asian British - Kashmiri White - Irish Asian/Asian British - Pakistani Eastern European Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi Gypsy/Traveller Any other Asian background Any other white background Black/Black British - Caribbean Mixed - White and Black Caribbean Black/Black British - African Mixed - White and Black African Any other black background Mixed - White and Asian Chinese Any other mixed background Other Asian/Asian British - Indian

6 Q20 Do you consider your child to have a disability? please all that apply yes, hearing impairment/deaf yes, visually impairment/blind yes, physical yes, mental health condition yes, learning yes, long standing illness no, none at all other Other, please specify Q21 What is your child's religion/faith/belief? please tick one box only Christian Muslim Buddhist Sikh Hindu None Jewish Thank you for filling in this survey Please hand in your completed survey back to your school by Friday 19 October 2012 Data Protection Act Luton Borough Council is collecting this information to improve their school meals service. This information will not be shared with any third party and will not be used for any marketing purposes.