{"id":5702,"date":"2017-09-25T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:24:06","slug":"scottish-parliament-outreach-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2017\/09\/25\/scottish-parliament-outreach-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Parliament Outreach Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

We may be tucked away in our beautiful little corner of South-West Scotland, but we still manage to enjoy lots of experiences! The Scottish Parliament Outreach Officer for the West of Scotland visited us last week to give the pupils an insight into what is involved in politics and how this affects us all; in essence the importance of using our voices and, when of age, our vote to make our country be the best it can be.<\/p>\n

The boys and girls from Portpatrick Primary joined us for a powerpoint session which included using voting consoles too. All very exciting. The children also had the chance to create a party, read through and justify their manifesto, select a party leader who spoke to the assembled group and take part in a vote – all real-life experiences. We are going to be doing much the same thing in class between now and the October holidays so this was a great introduction to it!<\/p>\n