Learners at our Ilkeston site held their own election day this month.
The learners had fun designing a political rosette and decorating a matching cupcake. Fiona Ryan, Specialist Teaching Assistant said: “They also wrote four pledges, three of them serious and a fun one. One learner suggested that every household should be gifted an electric VW camper van!”
The pledges were then anonymously read out and both staff and learners voted for their favourite. The votes were then counted and verified and a new Prime Minister was announced.
Fiona said: “The learner voted in as Prime Minister then got to choose his cabinet. To complete the democratic process, we then held a cabinet meeting to get ideas for how we can improve our outside space and more importantly how we could raise money to pay for the improvements.”
The day was finished with a prize giving ceremony and awards were given for best rosette, cupcake design, best electoral pledges, being a Member of Cabinet and of course, being elected Prime Minister!
