Monday 3 July 2017

Green Council members chat to Alan Whitehead MP

This is a report from one of our Year 6 pupils about the visit of Alan Whitehead MP to Shirley Warren Primary school today.

"On Monday 3rd of July, 4 year 6 pupils and one year 5 pupil got to meet Southampton's MP Alan Whitehead!!


We got the lucky chance to have about an hour with Alan to ask him questions about what it's like being a MP! We also had the chance of telling Mr Whitehead all about our school and and about the Green Council! Here's a question I asked Mr Whitehead: What started you wanting to be an MP? He said he's been in the City Council and led it for many years and he wanted to represent the City of Southampton in Parliament in London. He considered it and thought about how big the chance of actually being MP and he got the support of the Labour party and went around campaigning to give himself a good image to all the people in the city. Mr Whitehead campaigned a couple of times because he wasn't elected but perseverance kept him going!"

We also found out one thing he was proud of (2008 Act of Parliament about climate change), what motivates him on a bad day (thinking about things that have gone well) and his next big focus (as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change).
On behalf of all of us at Shirley Warren Primary and Nursery Campus, thank you Alan for visiting our school today.

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