Election Fever!

Source: SFX College

This week, the school has been filled with excitement about the General Election. We have been learning about how UK elections work and how our government is formed. Yesterday we monitored the results of the election with interest throughout the day.

Alongside the General Election, we have had a mock election of our own! Across Year 4 we were divided into four new political parties; The Tomorrow Party, The Vision Party, The Progress Party and The Transform Party. We had to choose our main policies to form a manifesto, elect a leader and deputy leader of the party, design a party logo, create posters and rosettes and prepare speeches. Yesterday, we held a 'Question Time' debate, focusing on the key issues of policing, health and education.

For homework you are designing a persuasive poster to convince people to vote for your party. Here are your key policies, to remind you:

Finally, the time came to vote! We visited the polling station set up in St. Patrick's Class. We registered, received a ballot paper and entered the cubicle to vote, before folding the ballot paper and posting it in the ballot box. (Pictures to follow next week!)

We are pleased to announce the results of the Middle School election:

Progress 19

Tomorrow 21

Vision 27

Transform 14

Therefore, The Vision Party won most votes, but will need to form a coalition with another party to form a government!

Congratulations to all of our political parties!