On Thursday the 8th February P6 went to Scottish Parliament because it is our topic.
As soon as we got there after a 1 ½ hour drive we had to get a security check to see if we had any weapons. We had to put all our bags and jackets through an x-ray machine and Miss MacLean had scissors on her so she got searched!
After the security check we got a tour around Scottish Parliament and learned lots of new things. Did you know that all the doors in Parliament have windows and there are around 200 saltires all around Parliament? We learned the most from Gregor who knew a lot of the answers to the tour guides questions! One of the person that designed the Parliament was from Barcelona!
After climbing loads of stairs, we finally reached the debating chamber in time for the First Ministers Questions. We had to stay very quiet the whole time and they talked about lots of different things including broadband, the police, housing and Prestwick Airport. There was also a part about a Shaun Woodburn and how is family wanted more information about sentencing.
For lunch we got to sit in a committee room. We met Fulton Macgregor who is our MSP and we got to ask him lots of questions on the microphones.
When we were leaving, we met Kezia Dugdale and even got out picture taken with her. She answered some of our questions very quickly because we had to get to the bus quickly!
By Cole
“I thought the trip was awesome because you don’t usually see MSPs like Kezia Dugdale and Fulton Macgregor.” – Cole
