One of the things we do as a school in the first few weeks of term is vote for who we would like to represent each class at Green Council. Green Council is our school council with an eco focus which has 12 members, a boy and a girl from each year group.
This year, Year 4 used the UK parliament's Fairness resources to learn about how decisions are made in a democracy.
First we had to get into small groups and discuss whether we thought each of these statements was fair, unfair or don't know. What would you say?
* Adults do not have to go to school
* Children have to go to school
*Children have to do homework
*Dog owners have to clean up after their dogs
*Children are not allowed to drive
*School holidays are usually at about the same time for all children
*The school rules apply to all children
*Some people can run faster than others
After this, those who wanted to be Green Council reps (they are called candidates) made a speech in fromt of the class saying why they would make a good rep. Finally, we had a secret ballot and one member of the class was chosen.
Next Friday Green Council will meet for the first time and you will see who they are on the next blog post.
Mrs Williams
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