This morning P5/6 had a visit from Mrs Miller, an Education Officer at the Scottish Parliament.
Mrs Miller taught us about how the Scottish Parliament operates and reinforced much of the learning we had already experienced in class.
We were split into groups and had to campaign for votes. The winning party were the Animal Welfare Party.
We then took part in a debate. The issue were were debating was ‘Circuses should not be able to use wild animals.’ This is an actual issue which is going to be debated by MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. After the debate we voted and Mrs Miller is taking our vote back to parliament to share our views with them.
This was a really exciting and fun experience for us, here are some of our reflections on the things we learned and enjoyed:

“I enjoyed learning about what the presiding officer does.” Cameron
“I enjoyed the debate.” Chloe
“I liked using the voting system and seeing how it was like a race.” Merryn
“I enjoyed being the leader of my party and using the clickpad.” Luca and Joe
“I enjoyed using the clickpads and debating about banning animals from the circus.” Nethuki and Daniel
“I learned what a presiding officer does. I enjoyed the election activity.” Oskar
“I enjoyed taking part in the debate.” Ewan and Kathryn
“I answered the most questions correctly and I won a pencil and got a sticker.” Elliot ”
” I learned about Queensberry House which is part of the Scottish Parliament.” Rosie

Tuesday 4th December is our class assembly which is linked to our learning about democracy and the Scottish Parliament. We are looking forward to sharing all of our learning with you.