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GRADES 4-6Lambton Kent District School Board

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SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY

[RESULTS]

SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS, 2018-19 GRADES 4-6LK

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Table of Contents3 PREAMBLE

4 DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW

7 HEALTHY EATING

12 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SLEEP

17 MENTAL HEALTH


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WHAT IS THE SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY?

A School Climate Survey is an anonymous survey

mandated by the Ministry of Education for students in

Grades 4-12, school staff, and parents. School boards

across Ontario are required to conduct these surveys

at least once every two years, as the information

gathered can help foster a positive school climate.

The Healthy Living Module (HLM) Supplement to the

School Climate Survey focuses specifically on what

schools can do to positively support the well-being

of their students. For Grades 4-6, the Lambton Kent

District School Board has included questions about

how students feel regarding their health and

well-being, physical activity, comfort level and

mental health.

SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS, 2018-19 | GRADES 4-6

LAMBTON KENT DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Preamble


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Each student was asked to report their current

grade, self-identified gender and self-identified

Indigenous status. All questions in the school

climate survey have been analyzed by grade,

self-identified gender and self-identified

Indigenous status.


Demographic Overview


SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS, 2018-19 GRADES 4-6

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Students were given the option to describe their self-identified gender using options of “male”, “female”, “Other” or “I prefer not to self-identify”. Responses aside from “Male” of “Female” were not included in the final analysis, since these small counts would introduce bias in the statistical interpretation.

TABLE 1: GRADE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS BY GENDER

Note: For the purposes of reporting and to more appropriately target community and school based planning of programs addressing topics identified in the school climate survey only those differences that are statistically significant are reported in a graph form in the following pages.

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

[473]

[463]

[523]

[1459]

[436]

[489]

[518]

[1443]

50%

47%

47%

48%

46%

49%

47%

47%

[MALE]

[MALE]

[MALE]

[MALE]

[FEMALE]

[FEMALE]

[FEMALE]

[FEMALE]

other

other

other

other

prefer not to identify



prefer not to self-identify

1% [14]

1% [14]

3% [32]

2% [60]

3% [31]

2% [22]

3% [30]

3% [83]

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TABLE 2: INDIGENOUS STATUS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS

NON-INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS TOTAL

[2670] [375] [3045]88% 12% 100%


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Healthy eating behaviours and maintaining a diet

that is rich in nutrients is an important factor for

improving health and well-being. The students

were asked how often they consumed fruits,

vegetables, sweets, sugar sweetened beverages,

fast food and snack food as well as how often

they ate breakfast. This information will help

to identify healthy eating behaviours among

students, identifying areas of opportunity for

future programing and/or action.


Healthy Eating



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Highlights from the healthy eating section for grades 4 to 6 include:• 67% of male and 62% of female students

reported eating vegetables at least two times a day.

• 63% of the total students reported eating sweets at least twice a week in a school week.

• 59% of the students reported consuming snack foods at least twice a week in a school week.

• 65% of male and 60% of female students reported having something (other than just milk or fruit juice) to eat before 9:00 AM every day.

QUESTION 1. ON A REGULAR DAY, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU DO YOU EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (NOT INCLUDING JUICES)?

Figure 1: Daily consumption of fruits (not including juices)

0-2 times a day

3 or more times a day

51%

49%

59%

42%

55%

45%

FEMALE

FEMALE

MALE

MALE

TOTAL

TOTAL

67% 62%REPORTED EATING VEGETABLES AT LEAST TWO TIMES A DAY.

[MALE] [FEMALE]


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QUESTION 2. ON A USUAL SCHOOL WEEK (MONDAY TO FRIDAY), HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU EAT SWEETS, FAST FOODS, SNACKS, AND DRINK SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES?

Figure 2: Daily consumption of vegetables (not including juices)

Figure 3: Weekly consumption of sweets (candy, chocolate, fruit roll up, etc.)

Figure 4: Weekly consumption of sugar sweetened beverages

0-2 times a day

0-2 times a week

0-2 times a week

3 or more times a day

3 or more times a week


62%

73%

39%

27%

67%

66%

33%

34%

65%

69%

63%

37%

36%

31%

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE

MALE

MALE

MALE

MALE

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

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Figure 4: Weekly consumption of fast foods

89%

11%9%

13%10%

16% 13%12%

9%

91%87% 90%

84%87% 88%

91%

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. Total2. Female3. Male4. Non-Indigenous5. Indigenous6. Grade 47. Grade 58. Grade 6

0-2 times a week 3 or more times a week

Figure 5: Weekly consumption of snack foods

0-2 times a week


59%

41%

TOTAL

TOTAL


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TOTAL

QUESTION 3. ON A USUAL SCHOOL WEEK (MONDAY-FRIDAY), HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU EAT SOMETHING IN THE MORNING BEFORE 9:00 AM (MORE THAN JUST MILK OR FRUIT JUICE)?

Figure 3: Daily breakfast before 9:00 AM

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

24% 60%16%

23% 65%13%

21% 65%15%

22% 65%13%

27% 57%17%

24% 62%15%

0-2 days 3-4 days everyday


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The 24-hour movement guidelines (Canadian

Society for Exercise Physiology, 2019) recognize

the importance of daily physical activity, overall

movement, and sleep to health and well-being.

The recommendations for children and youth ages

5-17 include at least 60 minutes per day of moderate

to vigorous physical activity, several hours a day of

light unstructured physical activity, 9-11 hours of

uninterrupted sleep per night for those 5 -13 years,

8-10 hours for ages 14-17, and no more than 2 hours

per day of recreational screen time. Physical activity

is any activity that increases your heart rate and

makes you get out of breath at times. Some examples

of physical activity are running, fast walking, dancing,

riding a bike, swimming, playing soccer and

playing basketball.


Physical Activity


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The students were asked how often they participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity, how much time they spend outside of schools hours on screen time, how many hours of sleep per night they get on average and how often they get a good night’s sleep. This information will identify areas of opportunity for future programing and/or action to support student achievement of high levels of physical activity, low levels of sedentary behaviour, and sufficient sleep each day to provide optimal health benefits for children and youth.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SECTION FOR GRADES 4 TO 6 INCLUDE:

• 45% of male and 39% of female students reported spending at least one hour every day on physical activity.

• A higher proportion of Indigenous (48%) than non-Indigenous students (39%) spent 3 or more hours of screen time outside of school hours; this percentage increased to 69% and 61% for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students respectively, during the weekends.

• 42% of the total students reported getting at least 8 hours of sleep on a school night, and 28% of all students reported getting a good night’s sleep every day of the week.

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QUESTION 1. ON A USUAL WEEK, HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU SPEND

DOING AT LEAST 60 MINUTES (ONE HOUR) OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?

Figure 8: Weekly physical activity

QUESTION 2. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS PLAYING VIDEO/COMPUTER GAMES, WATCHING SHOWS OR VIDEOS (YOUTUBE, NETFLIX, TV), CHATTING (FACEBOOK, TWITTER, SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM ETC.), SENDING TEXT MESSAGES AND USING THE INTERNET?

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

27%

27%

28%

39%

45%

41%

34.%

29%

31%


Figure 9: Hourly screen time outside school hours

60%

40%

34%

45%39%

49%

37% 39%43%

66%

56%61%

52%

63% 61%57%

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1. Total2. Female3. Male4. Non-Indigenous5. Indigenous6. Grade 47. Grade 58. Grade 6

Less than 3 hours 3 or more


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Figure 11: Hours of school night sleep

Figure 10: Hourly screen time on weekend day

38%

62% 55%

68%

61%

69%

56%63% 66%

45%

32%

39%

31%

44%

37%34%

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. Total2. Female3. Male4. Non-Indigenous

5. Indigenous6. Grade 47. Grade 58. Grade 6

Less than 3 hours 3 or more

QUESTION 3. WITHIN A REGULAR WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, HOW MANY STUDENTS SPEND AT LEAST 60 MINUTES ON THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES? (CONT’D)

0-5 hours 8 hours or more

5-7 hours

5%

53%

42%TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL


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QUESTION 4. ON A USUAL WEEK, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP?

Figure 12: Daily good night’s sleep

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

37%

35%

37%

36%

31%

28%

25%

28%

32%

37%

38%

36%



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Mental health is more than an absence of illness.

Mental health includes our emotional, social and

physiological well-being. The following questions

are based on a framework for positive mental health

and include topics such as bullying, resilience, life

satisfaction, social connections and help seeking

behaviour.


Mental Health



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A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTION FOR GRADES 4 TO 6 INCLUDE:• 77% of the total students reported that they

felt welcomed at school, and 67% reported a feeling of belonging at school.

• 79% of male and 83% of female students reported that they always or most of the time have at least one caring adult at school that they can trust or go to if they needed help with anything.

• 82% of the total students reported that they were happy with life.

• 85% of the students happy with life, always or most of the time, reported that they would ask for help in the community if they experienced a mental health or emotional problem.

• 45% of the total students reported being verbally bullied at least once in the past 4 weeks.

• 52% of male students and 49% of female students reported that bullying is a problem at school.

• 77% of male and 77% of female students reported knowing how to report bullying.

REPORTED KNOWING AT LEAST ONE CARING

ADULT AT SCHOOL THAT THEY CAN TRUST OR

GO TO IF THEY NEEDED HELP WITH ANYTHING.

79% 83%[MALE] [FEMALE]


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Figure 13: School is enjoyable

Figure 14: School is welcoming

Figure 15: Belong to school

QUESTION 1: HOW DO YOU FEEL AT YOUR SCHOOL?

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

69%

80%

32%

20%

61%

75%

40%

25%

67%

78%

34%

22%

66%

80%

34%

20%

60%

73%

41%

28%

64%

77%

36%

23%

Always/most of the time



Never/sometimes

Never/sometimes

Never/sometimes

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NON-INDIGENOUS

TOTAL

70%

77%

76%

30%

23%

24%


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Figure 16: Accepted by other students at school


Never/sometimes

69% 32%TOTALTOTAL

Figure 17: Feeling of being connected to school

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

68% 32%

64% 36%

70% 31%

67% 33%

59%

65%

41%

35%


Never/sometimes


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Figure 18: Trusted close friend at school

Figure 19: Caring adult at school

QUESTION 2: DO YOU HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS AT SCHOOL YOU CAN TRUST?

QUESTION 3: DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE CARING ADULT THAT YOU CAN TRUST OR GO TO IF YOU NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING?

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

4%

5%

5%

21%

15%

19%

75%

80%

77%

No Yes-more than one close friend Yes-one friend

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

17% 83%

21% 79%

18% 82%

12% 88%

28%

20%

72%

80%

No

Yes


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Figure 20: Caring adult outside of school

FEMALE

MALE

INDIGENOUS

NON-INDIGENOUS

TOTAL

3% 97%

5% 95%

4% 96%

8% 92%

4% 96%

No

Yes

Figure 21: Feeling of belonging at school

Figure 22: Felt pressured by another student, friend or adult to do something that didn’t feel right to do

QUESTION 4: SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE I FEEL LIKE I BELONG.

QUESTION 5: THINKING ABOUT THE PAST 12 MONTHS (1 YEAR), PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

70%

11%

30%

89%

68%

14%

32%

86%

67% 33%

63%

13%

37%

87%



Never/sometimes

Never/sometimes


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Figure 23: Did things that did not feel right when pressured

Figure 25: Worried about things

Figure 24: Able to solve problems in positive ways

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

10%

43%

90%

57%

15%

36%

85%

64%

14%

39%

86%

62%

15%

39%

85%

61%

10%

45%

13%

41%

90%

55%

87%

59%




Never/sometimes

Never/sometimes

Never/sometimes

FEMALE

MALE

INDIGENOUS

NON-INDIGENOUS

TOTAL

64% 36%

59% 41%

62% 38%

54% 46%

61% 39%


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Figure 26: Bounced back when bad things happened


Never/sometimes

57% 43%TOTALTOTAL

Figure 27: Calmed self down when stressed

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

60% 40%

61% 39%

59% 41%

56% 44%


Never/sometimes


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Figure 28: Spoke to self in a positive way

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

61% 40%

59% 42%

57% 43%

54% 46%


Never/sometimes

Figure 29: Happiness with life


Never/sometimes

82%

18%

TOTAL

TOTAL

QUESTION 6: IN GENERAL, I AM HAPPY WITH LIFE.

92%OF FEMALE STUDENTS KNOW SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TO APPROACH FOR HELP FOR A MENTAL HEALTH/EMOTIONAL PROBLEM


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QUESTION 7: IF I WANTED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT A MENTAL HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEM THAT I HAD, (E.G., FEELING REALLY SAD, WORRIED, ETC.) I KNOW WHO I CAN GET HELP FROM.

Figure 30: Knowing someone at school to approach for help for a mental health/emotional problem

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

31% 69%

37% 64%

32% 68%

27% 73%

44%

35%

56%

65%

No Yes

Figure 31: Knowing someone outside of school to approach for help for a mental health/emotional problem

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

9% 92%

13% 87%

12% 88%

No

Yes


QUESTION 8: IF I EXPERIENCED A MENTAL HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEM, (E.G., FEELING REALLY SAD, WORRIED, ETC.) I WOULD ASK FOR HELP.

Figure 32: Would ask for help at school if mental health/emotional problem is experienced

Figure 33: Would ask for help in the community if mental health/emotional problem is experienced

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

30%

30%

70%

70%

40%

40%

60%

60%

40%

40%

60%

60%

48%

48%

52%

52%

No

No

Yes

Yes

Figure 34: Physically bullied

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

23% 77%

33% 67%

27% 73%

32% 68%

27%

29%

73%

71%

At least once in the past 4 weeks Never

QUESTION 9: IN THE PAST 4 WEEKS, HOW

OFTEN HAVE YOU BEEN PHYSICALLY,

VERBALLY, SOCIALLY, OR

CYBER BULLIED?


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Figure 35: Verbally bullied

Figure 36: Socially bullied

At least once in the past 4 weeks

At least once in the past 4 weeks

Never

Never

45%

38%

TOTAL

TOTAL

55%

62%

TOTAL

TOTAL


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Figure 37: Cyber bulliedAt least once in the past 4 weeks

Never

INDIGENOUS

NON-INDIGENOUS

TOTAL

21%

15%

16%

79%

85%

84%

Figure 38: Don’t remember/ have not seen bullying

Figure 39: Told parents or guardians

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

61%

70%

39%

30%

57%

75%

44%

25%

59%

72%

41%

28%

No

No

Yes

Yes

QUESTION 10: THINKING ABOUT THE LAST TIME YOU SAW OR HEARD ABOUT A STUDENT BEING BULLIED, WHAT DID YOU DO?


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Figure 40: Told an adult at school

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

65% 35%

71% 30%

68% 32%

No Yes

Yes

No

73%TOTAL

28%TOTAL

Figure 41: Told a friend


Figure 42: Tried to comfort the person

Figure 43: Encouraged the person to ignore it

Figure 44: Stood-up for the person

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

62%

71%

38%

29%

73%

78%

27%

22%

66%

73%

34%

27%

71%

79%

29%

21%

66%

72%

68%

75%

34%

28%

33%

25%

No

No

Yes

Yes

[NO] [NO]

[YES]

[NOTOTAL] [YESTOTAL]

[YES]62% 67%

38%

64% 36%

33%

[MALE][FEMALE]


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Figure 45: Helped the person fight back

Figure 46: Tried to talk to bully

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

84%

76%

16%

24%

79%

81%

21%

19%

81%

79%

19%

21%

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

YesFigure 47: Made effort to include the person

FEMALE

MALE

INDIGENOUS

NON-INDIGENOUS

TOTAL

75% 25%

81% 19%

78% 22%

84% 16%

79% 22%


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Figure 48: Ignored it Figure 49: Did something elseYes

Yes

NoNo

92% 89%TOTAL TOTAL

8%11%

TOTAL

TOTAL


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Figure 50: Bullying is a problem at my school

Figure 51: I know how to report bullying

QUESTION 11: HOW MANY STUDENTS AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BELOW? (SCALE: STRONGLY DISAGREE TO STRONGLY AGREE)

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

FEMALE

MALE

TOTAL

49%

77%

52%

77%

51%

77%

33%

18%

29%

15%

31%

17%

17%

5%

20%

8%

18%

7%

Agree

Agree

Disagree

Disagree

Not sure

Not sure

Agree Disagree Not sure

Figure 52: Adults in my school are working hard to stop bullying

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

TOTAL

79% 7% 14%

74% 11% 15%

72% 14% 14%

64% 22% 15%

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