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Interview questions

Upper primary school

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Suggested bank of interview questions to be asked by upper primary age children.

Please feel free to choose from these, or even add your own questions.

Family and Home

  • What is your name?
  • Do you get called by any other name, or nickname?
  • What were your parents called?
  • When were you born?
  • Where were you born?
  • Do you have any brothers or sisters?
  • If yes, what are their names?
  • Can you tell me about your house when you were little?
  • Did you help on the croft?
  • What jobs did you do?

Pastimes and Hobbies

  • Did you ever go fishing?
  • Where did you go? What did you catch?
  • Did you ever sing in a choir?
  • If so, where did you meet?
  • Did you play sports, like football?
  • What sports did you play?
  • Where did you play them?
  • Did you have any special hobbies in your spare time?

School

  • Who were some of your primary school teachers?
  • What were the lessons you had in primary school?
  • What games did you play in the playground?
  • Can you remember any special fashions in games or clothes in primary school?
  • Were there any after school activities?
  • Did you enjoy primary school?
  • Where did you go to secondary school?

After leaving secondary school

  • Where did you go after leaving secondary school?
  • Where did you work after leaving secondary school?

Community

  • Did you go to church with your family?
  • How did you get to church?
  • Did you go to Sunday school?
  • Where did you got to Sunday school?
  • Did you go to any clubs, like a youth club?
  • If so, where? Can you tell me what you did there?

Technology

  • Did your house have electricity?
  • Did your house have mains water?
  • Can you remember your first TV?
  • What were your favourite programmes?
  • Did your house have a phone?
  • What did the phone look like and where was it in the house?
  • If you did not have a phone, what did you do in an emergency?
  • Did you have a washing machine?
  • If not, how were the clothes washed?

Stories and legends

  • Do you remember hearing any stories about the fairies?
  • Do you know any stories about the Back area?