A very important visitor came to visit Gordon Primary on Monday.

Dennis Robertson, MSP for Aberdeenshire West came to visit the Learning Council at lunchtime. The council had invited Alec Salmond, the first Minister to visit the school and give them advice about running a council.

Unfortunately Mr Salmond was too busy to be able to come, but we were very grateful that Mr Robertson was able to come instead.

Mr Robertson talked to the reps about running a council. He told them it was very important to listen to the views and ideas of others. He told them about elections, and described how he had to wait until 6 o’clock the morning following the last general election to find out if he had won the election. It was very tiring, but very exciting.

Mr Robertson was accompanied by his guide dog Mr Q.

He asked the children about their school lunches, and admitted that he was very fond of cheese and tuna paninis (which were on Mondays menu.)

The representatives really enjoyed meeting Mr Robertson and learnt a lot about running a council. We would like to thank him for taking the time to visit Gordon Primary School.