Y5/6 Magistrate visit
On Thursday the 13th and Tuesday the 18th of June, Sue the Magistrate came to the school to speak to Topaz, Ruby and Sapphire about her role as a Magistrate in our community.
Then on Tuesday afternoon Sue returned to help us act out a scene from Magistrates Court. To help act out the scene, three children from each of the year 5/6 classes were given roles in the scene; for instance one student was given the role of the usher and another was given the role of a police constable.
Sadly, we had planned to perform the scene outside but the heavy rain forced us into the blue room were the actors had to speak as loud as they could in order to be heard.
After the victim and the offender had both presented their evidence and the offender had been given a turn to speak about why they were innocent; the Magistrate actors left the room and the public committee had the chance to decide whether the offender was GUILTY or innocent.
At first it was a mixed share of hands but after a deep discussion most people thought they were GUILTY.When the Magistrate actors came back they agreed with the public decision and we then spoke about centonces.
Everyone can agree that the visit was really enjoyable and the scripts performed by the actors were read extremely well. We thank Sue for coming to our school to display what a Magistrate does.
By Katie Bickers and Ruby Noble.
