Over the past three weeks, P5-6-7 have taken part in their class elections.  After forming their own Political Parties, they researched parties standing in the General Election and became knowledgeable about issues affecting us locally, nationally and internationally.  They used this knowledge as a basis for writing their own manifestos.  Once they had agreed upon their party promises, they created a party manifesto leaflet and wrote persuasive speeches.  Yesterday, they delivered their speeches to the class, paying particular attention to the structure of their speech and the emphasis with which they delivered it.  They were very enthusiastic to take part in our secret vote and congratulations goes to the RPTP party who won the election by one vote!

 

As part of our topic, “The Ocean and the Caribbean,” we took part in a Tech Fest event on ‘Marine Plastics.’  We heard some shocking information about the state of our oceans and used these facts to help us write a persuasive piece to try and educate people on why we should ban the sale of single-use plastics.  Ask us at home about our learning!