Victoria Park’s SIP Councillors joined six other local cluster schools on Thursday 13th June 2013, for a visit to Parliament in London. The visit was to give all of the children an insight into the voting process, decision making, etc. They had a tour of Parliament, visiting the House of Lords and also seeing a live debate taking place in the House of Commons!
Later in the day the children went on to take part in a workshop called ‘Your Voice’. This included having to recall information and to assess many various choices before making informed decisions! We were then joined by RT Hon John Spellar who is the MP for Warley. The children asked him questions about his role in Parliament and what it involves. Mrs Mahal took great delight in informing him that Victoria Park had been shortlisted for Primary School of the Year 2013!
