On Wednesday our class went to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament was in Edinburgh. We travelled there by bus. It was a very long and noisy journey!

When we first arrived we had to go through security. We had to take off our jackets and bags and put them in a plastic box which was checked by security. Then we had to walk through metal detectors.

We went into a room where a lady told us about the history of the parliament. We each had an item and we had to figure out what is was and then tell the class what it was used for in the parliament.

We were all given a lanyard to wear so that when we were walking around the parliament building, people knew we were allowed to be there.

We got split into two groups. The first group went to the debating chamber. It was cool and very big. This is where people vote for new laws. The lady showed us how MSPs vote.

The second group went for a tour around the building and we got to look at the designs in the building. Then both the groups swapped over.

After that we met two members of the Scottish Parliament and we got to ask them questions. It was interesting to find out what they had to say.

At the end we had our lunch and travelled back to school.

Written by Sophia and Fatimah