MP Mark Francois Visit
On Friday 15th March 2019, our MP for Rayleigh and Wickford Mark Francois came to visit. He walked into assembly while we were finishing our rights song. Mr Francois told us what an MP is and what his job is.
The Prefects took Mr Francois round a tour of the school and he enjoyed some of our unique displays (e.g. our Recycle Station and writing on the tables that will rub out )!
Many children were fascinated by his information and have changed their views of being an MP when they are older. He had many facts and answered all questions that made the children understand. He loved the Origami Frogs made by Ruby class and he had a go at making one of them jump.
Mr Francois was also extremely impressed by all of our sporting event trophies we have earned and our sponsorship for Thoko and wanted to know who had the funniest Christmas Jumper! We can not thank Mrs Hurley any more for creating this special memory and we hope to see Mr Francois again. One of the main highlights was that he has invited us to the Houses of Parliament. We really hope we can go!
When thinking of today’s special visit, we think that Article 12 (respect for the views of the child) was fulfilled really well. We think that Mr Francois listened very carefully to our questions and that he took us seriously with his well-thought out response.
We very much enjoyed Mark Francois coming to our school and he was super impressed with the tour of our school. A big thank you on behalf of Down Hall Primary School to Mr Francois for coming to talk to us.
By Lucy and Millie
Year 6 Prefects
