During 2004 The Pelorus Cluster surveyed all students from their schools who had transfered to High School. The results for those who responded are below.

Tick the box that best indicates how you feel about these things at your new school. (All numbers in percentages)
 

Circle Yes or No for the following questions, and fill in any spaces as best you can.

Is the work in school harder than last year?    Yes (100%) No

What subjects are the hardest?   1st=)Math & Science, 3rd) English

What subjects are the easiest?                  1st)Social Studies,  3rd)English & P.E

Compared to last year, is there a lot of homework?   Yes (77%)   No (23%)

What subjects give the most?    1st) Math, 2nd) English, 3rd) Science

What subjects give the least?                          1st) Soc Studies,  3rd) P.E

Have you found it difficult keeping up to date in your work?       Yes (31%)  No (69%)

Have you had any extra learning help from someone at school?       Yes  (0%)  No (100%)

Do you have new friends?          Yes  (92%) No 8%
 

What has happened to your friends from last year?
My friends and I still keep in contact
I still have them
Stayed with my friends at college
We're still friends
I still hang out with them
They are at the school
They chose a different path to me
 
 

Have you been bullied in your new school?          Yes (23%)    No (77%)

If your answer above was YES, what did you do?
Just little things that really annoyed me  like  tripping me up and or pulling my hair(not a big problem)
I told the teachers
 

What has been your best success?
My calazone that I made in food tech
Playing rugby and doing house drama
Maths test
Making the school hockey team
Suceeding in sports and getting good exam results
Making the school choir and doing the stage challenge 2004

What has been your toughest challenge?
Getting to the top of the rock climbing wall
Adapting to boarding and city life
Speeches
Catching the bus in the morning
Coping with annoying people
Riding the bus to school
 

If you had a serious problem at your new school,would you know who to go to for help?Yes(85) No (15)

Were there any BIG surprises when you moved to your new school? Yes (31%)  No (69%)
If YES what were they?
The size of the school
What you eat at the hostel
Some classes make you take off your shoes
The amount of classrooms
The noise of the city and other girls
 

What extra things do you think your old school could have done to help get you ready for High School?
More homework and harder classwork
Taught me more things so I wasn't so far behind
Nuthin
Some more technology challenges
Tell me how nasty some of the girls are
More group activities with other form  twos's
 

If you had a magic wand, what would you change from your time at your new school so far?
Having my own room and more pets around the hostel
I would lower the price on ice-creams
The bus ride because it's so long
Get rid of the annoying people
Less homework
Some of the teachers
Go to a different school
Speeches, teachers
 

Have you visited the transition website this year? (www.havelock.school.nz) Yes (33%)  No (77%)

What are the things you really like about your new school?
New Friends
Option subjects
At the hostel you get to browse everyoneís stuff and you get to go to parties
Met a lot of people, In a class of my own age, got to do lots of interesting things
Headmaster is really good
All the Music. The music block is my most favourite place in Blenheim
Nothing
The students were much more mature
The bus ride in and out of school and lunchtime and interval
Some of my teachers are really nice.

Please use the space below to write down anything else about how you feel in your new school and how the move from your old school has gone.
I wish I had stayed back and in other ways I donít. get a cool nickname cause it will never leave you.
Playing rugby with Linkwater school was better than transition
Everything was fine, I knew what to expect. I just miss my old school so much.
I miss my old school heaps and hate my new school
School is boring and wearing uniform is annoying
The move from my old school has gone great.