Parliament Week!

Normanhurst Pupils from Kindergarten to Year 6 took part in ‘Parliament Week’ through a variety of activities. In the Early Years, the pupils learnt all about the importance of voting. They played an ‘agree or disagree’ game and wore a glove on one hand to show their vote against statements such as ‘strawberries are the best fruit’, ‘Mathematics is the hardest subject’ and ‘cats make the best pets’.

 

Pupils in the older years all took a virtual trip to the Houses of Parliament and had a tour around the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Year 2 have said that they were very intrigued by the different colour seats and the reasons for this! Our pupils learnt more about our current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, during this week too!

 

Other activities that took place included Year 2 pupils taking part in a short quiz about UK elections and the voting system; Year 4 and Year 5 taking part in class debates; Year 5 also discovered how the MPs are voted into their positions and discussed some of the responsibilities of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Year 6 learnt about the PM’s Question Time as well as the long process that is needed to turn a bill into law. Year 6 pupils have said that they were surprised to learn that there were so many steps involved once a bill was put forward. However, they were happy that there were consultation and debating opportunities in the process.  Children then completed an activity on Rishi Sunak and learnt about the recent developments while choosing the new PM of the UK. What a great week of activities!