Initially small groups of children were selected to form parties and they were given time to come up with pledges for their manifestos in a range of key areas such as education, technology and health.
Whilst this was happening, the other children were developing questions which were asked at our very own hustings.
The children asked pertinent searching questions which our 'political parties' had to develop answers for on the spot. A challenge for even the most experienced politician!
Between the time of the hustings and actual election, each party delivered a party political broadcast throughout Year Six using the speaker systems and were allowed to revise their pledges based on the feedback from the electorate.
As the polling station was set up by a group of volunteers, the other children were given time to review their opinions on each party; ask further, clarifying questions and reread each parties manifesto.
Finally, each member of Year Six was given the opportunity to vote, the chief counter collated the results and the returning officer announced that the Progress party had won the election.
The children were engaged by this process, asked excellent questions and all turned out to vote.
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