We held our general election to run alongside the actual taking place in the country. Our class was divided into the five parties that were standing in our Ogmore constituencies, with the make up of each group being randomly chosen.
The groups made campaign posters, party political broadcasts using iPlayer and wrote a speech to be delivered to the voters.We wrote emails to the 5 local candidates and got various responses.
On Thursday the pupils from Years 1-4 sat and watched the party political broadcasts and listened to the speech. They then took their ballot papers, made their choices and voted.
This morning, we separated into counting teams and totaled up the votes.
The results were as follows:
As there were 99 votes, we decided that there would have to be be a magic majority number of 50. No party achieved this number so we were left with a hung parliament. We then offered all the leaders to enter into a coalition discussion. After heated debate, Labour decided to enter into coalition with Plaid Cymru.
We then took our data and put it into graph form and worked out percentages.
Hello, our names are Eliza, Regan, Phoebe, Ciaran, Cain and Brandon and
we are Year 4/5/6 pupils at Llanharan Primary School. We are writing to you
today as in our class we are studying the 2017 General Election. We are holding our own election this
Thursday. Our class has been divided into 5 groups with each group taking one
of the five parties who are standing in the Ogmore constituency. We chose our
parties at random and we selected UKIP.
We are going to have to try to persuade ours Years 1-4 that your party
is the one to vote for. To do this we need to give reasons to persuade the
other classes that the UKIP party policies are the ones that will suit their
families and themselves. Which of your policies affect our schools and our
community the best?
We are wondering, if at all possible could you send us any information
or resources to help us with our campaign. Also, would you be able to send us a
supporting tweet at our class Twitter feed @lps140club or a video message.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Good luck with the General
Election.
Yours sincerely
Llanharan Primary Year 4/5/6 UKIP
We received a fantastic pack of election information
.
Hello, our names are Lucie, Daisy, Leo, Maisie, Denrard and Jay and we
are Year 4/5/6 pupils from Llanharan Primary. We are writing to you because,
for our topic we are learning about the General Election 2017 which is going to
be held this Thursday. We are holding our own election in school. We decided to split the class into 5 groups
and randomly pick a party each who are standing in the Ogmore constituency. We
picked Plaid Cymru.
We have a lot of questions for you to answer if at all possible – so
let’s get started.
What are Plaid Cymru going to do to improve schools?
What policies affect us as children?
How will your policies affect our families?
We are wondering, if at all possible could you send us any information
or resources to help us with our campaign. Also, would you be able to send us a
supporting tweet at our class Twitter feed @lps140club or a video message.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this email.
Yours sincerely
Lucie, Daisy, Leo, Maisie, Denrard and Jay
We had the following response:
Hello Lucie, Daisy, Leo, Maisie, Denrard and Jay
I hope you’re enjoying your election as much as I am the general election. Its great to see you engaging in politics at such a young age.
Here are my answers to your questions.
I have made education a priority during my campaign, I have two daughters aged 4 and 8 who attend the Ysgol Cwm Garw where I am also chair of the governing body.
Our focus is on helping to raise the standard of teaching, we want to reward the best teachers by paying them 10% extra and by giving teachers improved training, giving them the best opportunity to be the best possible teachers. We would fight for money from Westminster so that we can invest in our schools.
We’d also give all 3 and 4 year olds free full time pre school education, ensuring that every Welsh child has the best start possible.
As well as our education policies our economic plan to grow the Welsh economy will have the biggest impact on your lives, ensuring government contarcts are awarded to local companies will ensure all communities benefit economically. A good education leads to better jobs which means more pay which means your parents, carers and you will have a better quality of life. Our environmental policies also mean you’ll grow up in a greener, cleaner world.
As well as the economic and environment policies we want to make local communities stronger and more prosperous. We want families to be able to stay and work in their communities, open, friendly and tolerant communities where everyone feels part of one big family. We’ll put a tax on sugary drinks which will pay for more doctors which will improve our health service.
Many of the jobs you’ll be doing in the future don’t currently exist! In Pencoed and Llanharan we have a thriving digital creative sector, The Sony factory makes the cameras that a lot of the TV you watch is made with. The Raspberry Pi computer is manufactured there, Wales Interactive the leading Welsh computer games company is based there and Dragon Studios is home to many TV and Films that you and your parents watch online. We want to give you the skills that will allow you to work in this exciting area.
You can read more about Plaid Cymru’s campaign in the Ogmore constituency here www.huwmarshall.com
Good luck with your election and I hope you win!!
Diolch
Huw
We received some Tweets:
Great to see young people engaging around politics and the election. Good luck in your election today. https://t.co/5Tc5Y1Ql1S
Hello, our names are Ellie, Iwan, Levi, Dylan C, Heather and Menna and
we are Year 4/5/6 pupils at Llanharan Primary School. We are writing to you
today as in our class we are studying the 2017 General Election. We are holding our own election this
Thursday. Our class has been divided into 5 groups with each group taking one
of the five parties who are standing in the Ogmore constituency. We chose our
parties at random and we selected the Liberal Democrats.
We are going to be trying to persuade our Years 1-4 that your party is
the best one to vote for. To do this we need to give reasons to persuade the
pupils that the Liberal Democrat party policies are the ones that are best for their
families and themselves. Which of your policies will best affect our children
and their parents? Which of your policies do you think are your best selling
points as we want to win this election for Liberal Democrats?
We are wondering, if at all possible could you send us any information,
leaflets, badges, signs or resources to help us with our campaign. This would
have a massive impact on how many votes we would get form our pupils for our Liberal
Democrat party. Also, would you be able to send us a supporting tweet at our
class Twitter feed @lps140club or a video message.
Thanks for taking the time to read this email. Good luck with the General
Election.
Yours sincerely
Llanharan Primary Year 4/5/6 Liberal Democrat Party
Hello, our names are Laetitia, Ruby, Chloe, Joshua, Dylan A and Corum
and we are Year 4/5/6 pupils at Llanharan Primary School. We are writing to you
today as in our class we are studying the 2017 General Election. We are holding our own election this
Thursday. Our class has been divided into 5 groups with each group taking one
of the five parties who are standing in the Ogmore constituency. We chose our
parties at random and we selected Labour.
We are going to have to try to persuade our Years 1-4 that your party
is the one to vote for. To do this we need to give reasons to persuade the
other classes that the Labour party policies are the ones that will suit their
families and themselves. Which of your policies affect our schools and our
community the best? Which of your policies to do you think would appeal best to
children our age.
We are wondering, if at all possible could you send us any information,
leaflets or resources to help us with our campaign. This would have a massive
impact on how many votes we would get form our pupils for our Labour party.
Also, would you be able to send us a supporting tweet at our class Twitter feed
@lps140club or a video message.
Thanks for taking the time to read this email. Good luck with the
General Election.
Yours sincerely
Llanharan Primary Year 4/5/6 Labour Party
We had a response on Twitter
Thanks for the email @lps140club will drop off leaflets tomorrow for your #GE2017. Lots of luck Laetitia, Ruby, Chloe, Joshua, Dylan & Corum
Hello, our names are Seren, Melissa, Aaron, Ellie-May,
Iestyn and Jake and we are from Year 4/5/6 at Llanharan Primary School. We are
writing to you as a group as we are studying the general election. We are
holding our own election in school this Thursday. We have been divided into 5
groups, with each taking a party who are standing in the Ogmore constituency at
random. We chose the Conservatives.
We are attempting to persuade our Years 1-4 to vote for the
Conservatives based on your policies. To do this we are looking for the best
reasons to give to persuade them that the Conservatives are the party for them.
Which of your policies will affect us as children most?
We are wondering, if at all possible could you send us any
information or resources to help us with our campaign.
Many thanks for taking your time to read this email. We wish
you all the best of luck for the election. If you were able to send us a
message in some form or contact our class Twitter feed @lps140club then we
would most thankful.
Yours sincerely
Aaron, Ellie-May. Iestyn, Jake, Melissa and Seren.
