1) Students from different year levels at Cranford School were asked qualitative questions about festivals. Their responses provided insights into music, food, entertainment and crowds as key elements that make festivals special. 2) When asked what they would like to see at festivals, common themes in the responses included live music, dancing, food stalls and activities for people of all ages. 3) Those who had attended festivals in the past enjoyed aspects like the atmosphere, crowds, costumes and effort put into performances and stalls.

1. Results for the Qualitative Questions from Cranford Students.
What Year: Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year11
Q1) What do you think “What it involves, so “I think that the “The theme, every festival “What the festival “The people who
the music, the food music plays an has one, so the more unique includes, as I think it’s participate and go there
makes each and every and entertainment, a important role in and the more a festival not just one thing for the festival’s artistic
festival special and festival wouldn’t be making a festival stand’s out the more special that differentiates it policy. Without the
individual? fun if any of these special in its own and individual it is”. from every other people there isn’t a
were not up to way. As through festival but all the festival so I think it’s the
standards”. music you can tell; elements put purpose of the festival
the mood, the together such as the that brings all these
message and maybe food, the music and people to celebrate such
culturally where the entertainment make a day”.
festival is from”. a festival special and
unique”.
Q2) What entertainment “Sport like games “I think market stalls “Dancers, I think dancing is a “I think food Music, whether its live
that get everyone would be a really big part of making a festival especially when concerts, famous
would you like to see at involved, also good idea because it its own, it’s also great you’re eating celebrities singing or just
festivals and why? activities for the would attract people entertainment for everyone different foods and cultural songs for me are
different age and allow them to be as it’s something enjoyable when food is used in a big part of the
groups”. able to buy and easy to take part in”. competitions or used entertainment because it
something to in activities”. gives the audience
remember the something to do , like
festival by”. dance or sing to it”.
Q3) If you have visited a “I haven’t really I went to a festival “I’ve been to the Notting hill “I went to the isle of “I’ve been to loads of
visited a festival but I abroad and I loved festival, I loved the dancers, Wight festival, which festivals and what always
festival, what did you like know i would like to the food and music , it was amazing how much was a great stands out is the live
about it? see big crowds of it was really cool work and effort they put into experience, where I entertainment, really
people dancing”. how they used both the music and their bright met loads of people. gets the crowds going
these things to really costumes, it really livened up Since it was a festival and brings people
bring out the fun in the festival”. about music ,I loved together”.
the festival”. it, it created such a
great atmosphere”
Q4) If you had to go to a “I would like to see “I would like to see “I would like People in “I would like to see Big crowds being able to

2. festival what would you funfair rides for the Modern music being costumes dressed up good music being participate in dance, with
younger generation”. played”. dancing”. played with different activities and a variety of
like to see there? types of food food so it can target all
available”. audiences”.
Q5) What did feel about (Year sevens were “It was fun especially “They had different stalls “It was really good , “Cranford carnival had
not in cranford) the rides and that had a variety of foods they had different everything, but i feel that
last year’s Carnival at activities on the field including really tasty things going on, everything was not upto
Cranford? were my favourite desserts, I also bought some especially the the standards of some of
part”. really cool charms from entertainment the things. But the live
there so I liked how it was all provided by the performances from
set out”. school, which were students was the best
the performances by part of the whole
students from carnival and brought
Cranford which was everyone together at the
really popular and I end”.
really enjoyed”.