In the Autumn Term the children and staff debated as to whether there was a place at Stag Lane Middle for a Pupil Parliament. The purpose of this Parliament was to make rules that impact on the children in the playground.

The general consensus was that it was a good idea and therefore the children were asked if they wanted to stand to be a Member of Parliament. The first stage of the process was duly completed and twelve children went through for election.

The children were all given the opportunity to give a presentation to the school so that their peers could judge whether to vote for them or not.

Tensions were running high on Thursday 15^th February as this was Election Day and the end of the campaign trail. Everything ran very smoothly with one class at a time coming into the polling station (hall), collecting a ballot paper, going into a booth to cast their vote and then placing their paper in the ballot box.

The votes were duly counted and the results announced in a special assembly on Friday morning. The eight candidates duly elected are Aarti, Anand, Ashwin, Geeta, Haroon, Joanna, Nuran and Rianna. Well done.