{"id":4958,"date":"2025-10-10T06:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2025-10-10T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:15:27","slug":"pupil-council-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/10\/10\/pupil-council-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupil Council Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we held our Pupil Council Elections.\u00a0 The class have been learning about Democracy with Mrs Henderson so having the elections at the same time was a great way to put what they&#8217;ve learned about, into action!<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, the class have prepared for the day by making voting slips, making a ballot box and private voting area.\u00a0 Those not involved in speeches were assigned different roles on the day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4930\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4930\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202851\/IMG_7869-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202851\/IMG_7869-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202851\/IMG_7869-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202851\/IMG_7869-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202851\/IMG_7869.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making our voting screens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4929\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4929\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202806\/IMG_7863-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202806\/IMG_7863-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202806\/IMG_7863-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202806\/IMG_7863-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202806\/IMG_7863.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing the ballot box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pupils standing for election all prepared their speeches at home.\u00a0 These were delivered with confidence and enthusiasm!\u00a0 Well done to all!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4928\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4928\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202203\/IMG_0334-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202203\/IMG_0334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202203\/IMG_0334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202203\/IMG_0334-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09202203\/IMG_0334.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The P6 pupils all prepared and ready to speak to the voting public!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4958 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4932'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09203424\/IMG_0339-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4933'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09203539\/IMG_0343-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4934'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09203615\/IMG_0344-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4935'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09203652\/IMG_0345-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The P7s had a slightly longer wait to deliver their speeches but put in a great effort too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4936\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09204029\/IMG_0368-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09204029\/IMG_0368-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09204029\/IMG_0368-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09204029\/IMG_0368-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09204029\/IMG_0368.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4958 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4952'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205619\/IMG_0360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4951'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205510\/IMG_0362-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4950'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205356\/IMG_0364-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4948'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205136\/IMG_0356-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4947'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205111\/IMG_0354-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?attachment_id=4946'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205047\/IMG_0352-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/10\/10\/pupil-council-elections\/img_0351\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/10062740\/IMG_0351-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>When the speeches were done, the voting started!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4954\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4954\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210011\/IMG_0372-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210011\/IMG_0372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210011\/IMG_0372-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210011\/IMG_0372-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210011\/IMG_0372.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private voting booths<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4953\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4953\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205930\/IMG_0349-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205930\/IMG_0349-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205930\/IMG_0349-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205930\/IMG_0349-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09205930\/IMG_0349.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casting their votes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4955\" style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210051\/IMG_0377-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210051\/IMG_0377-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210051\/IMG_0377-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210051\/IMG_0377-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/10\/09210051\/IMG_0377.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The votes were counted by Dylan and Lucille and they were able to congratulate Alec and Lauren who are our P7 Pupil Council representatives and Archie and Callum who will act on behalf of the P6 pupils.<\/p>\n<p>Well done to all involved!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s been a quick term!\u00a0 Happy October holidays one and all!<\/p>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-4958\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"a406b7019c\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_4958_1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/heart_crystal\/rating_1_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4958, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; 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