Article 12
We have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously
Recently, in Primary 5 we have been practising our skills in persuasive writing, when we wrote to Edinburgh Trams. A little birdie told us (Mrs B-C) the date that the trams were going to go live around the 30th or 31st of May and that one their first drivers/driving instructors was really young (her son, Dale). He was also Miss King’s classmate at St Margaret’s Academy andNot only that, but we also found out that because he wore aviator sunglasses all the time, he has been given a really cool nickname – Tram Cruise. We thought it would be great idea if we wrote to the General Manager/Director to ask him if Dale could be the driver and if we could be amongst the first passengers, with him mum and his classmate, when they go live.
Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful on being the first passengers, but because of our letters, Edinburgh Council found out about Dale and so did the Edinburgh Evening News!
We may not be the first passengers, but Tom Norris, Director and General Manager wrote back to us to invite into the depot for a tour and a ride of the trams before the end of term and Mrs Buchanan-Coutts and Miss King are trying their best to get this organised. In the meantime, to say thank you, Tram Cruise himself paid us a visit! Although Dale hasn’t been chosen to be the inaugural driver on the 31st May (that goes to 19 year old Craig Scotland), he will be on it as Craig’s instructor and that is all thanks to us. We can be quite persuasive when we want to be!
Well done and good luck, Dale.
It was awesome to meet tram cruise !!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
looking fun p5 I wish I was thare
I think tram cruise is funny with the glasses on we would like to say thank you dale for coming in to visit us.
Dale looking cool. meeting him for the 1st time.
Meeting Mr Tram Cruise was…AMAZING!!! Writing the letters was really fun and the reply from Mr.Tom Norris was really cool. Anyway, We didn’t manage to get on the trams but… We hope we will see tram cruise on the tram.
Ellie and Sophie <3 =)
It was Tramendise to meet tram cruise Aka Dale as he is an amazing person Who has accomplished a lot – he’s been in the news paper and many more amazing things.
It was amazing meeting Tram Cruise[Dale]well done Dale you are tram~ endous it was great to meet you in person
from Sana and Faith
Hello Primary 5!
Was great to meet you all and thanks again for all your hard work in persuading my bosses to put me in the paper.
I look forward to seeing you all on a tram soon.
T.Cruise
Well done Dale and good luck it was nice meeting you.
wow tram cruise!!!!! its amazing he came to st Nicholas.
It was a great experince to meet tram cruse in person
we would like to say well done to tram cruse for getting in the newspapper.
Terri and Ali
Well done primary 5! This was a real test to see if our persuasive skills would pay off! I cant wait to go on am Edinburgh tram for the first time!