Our boys and girls at Portpatrick Primary used and applied a democratic process to elect our new House Captains today. Fitting with our Social Studies topic of Democracy in Scotland, our candidates wrote their own manifesto speech to present to their audience.
Each applicant demonstrated a very high standard of professionalism and confidence as they outlined their personal skills and attributes. Everyone spoke with clarity about the ideas and initiatives they had for the role of House Captain. We were all very impressed with the standard of each candidate’s talk.
The whole school then carried out the electorate voting process by selecting the candidate they felt would best represent them for the year ahead. Everyone filled out a voting slip and posted it in our ballet box to be counted privately.
It was a VERY closely run campaign with the results as follows:
Dunskey: Lilly Weatherby
Portree: Alba White
We are sure both House Captains will represent their houses well in the coming year. Our thanks to all of our candidates who really did themselves proud. We can’t commend the quality of each candidate’s presentation highly enough! Each of them has earned a merit for their house team.
The activity helps support our learning as part of our curriculum and as part of a wider context; helping develop the Skills for Life, Learning and Work. It also supports our drive towards our Rights Respecting Schools award and applies UNICEF’s Rights of The Child (articles 4, 12, 15, & 25)
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