Home Page banner. Click to refresh Lower Park website home page.
A button which links to the homepage
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the our school section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the news section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the Lower Park Times
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the diary dates
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the classwork section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the parents' section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the galleries page
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the Sport and Clubs section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the local community section
A small horizontal line
A button which links to the Lower Park P.T.A. page A small horizontal line
THE LOWER PARK SCHOOL - THE 'REAL' GENERAL ELECTION 2010!

The winner of the election became the headteacher for a day on 14th May and the present leader of the Lower Park School party, Mr Coulson, swapped places and took their seat in the class.

Find out more about the election below and click here to find out how our new headteacher for the day got on.



The Lower Park General Election

The Election - Below
The Vote - click here
The Candidates - click here
The Debate - click here


The Election - Tuesday 4th May 2010
Emily in Year 4, leader of the 'Cool School Party', was duly elected Headteacher for 14th May.

Last Friday, the 30th April, Emily delivered what turned out to be her vote winning speech and after a successful campaign received a clear majority in Tuesday's election.
Emily, year 4, from the 'Cool School Party' elected Headteacher for 14th May, with Mr Ian Coulson
The Vote
Lower Park School Election polling booths
Lower Park School Returning Officer Kath Bailey
Special school ballot papers were provided for children to record their votes in the mock polling station set up in the hall. The returning officer, Kath Bailey, was on hand to ensure proceedings were fair and correct.

The Candidates
Winning candidate Emily of the Cool School Party
Santa and his sack
Winning candidate Emily of the Cool School Party. The Santa Party - Presents for every boy and girl who votes for me!
Chris and Jamie representing the Kids Rule Party
Chris, Jamie and James representing the Kids Rule Party. Isabelle, Faye and Joe representing the Playpals party.
Hannah and Matthew representing the Liberal Kidz Party.
Hollie and Paige representing the Kay and Hunt's Whatever You Want Party
Hannah and Matthew representing the Liberal Kidz Party. Hollie and Paige representing the Kay and Hunt's Whateveryouwant Party.
Katie and Zac representing the Team Avatar party.
Katie and Zac representing the Team Avatar party.  

Friday 30th 2010 - Debate in school
Our six party leaders presented their manifestos to the electorate in the school hall. Mr Plumb our BBC cameraman filmed the lively debate.

During the TV debate, after the children presented their manifestos, they were asked three questions (unknown to them beforehand).

The whole debate was fantastic and much better than Messrs Brown, Cameron and Clegg who could all have learnt lessons from the children's presentation skills.
A Lower Park School General Election photo
Above you can see representatives of the 6 'political' parties up for election.

Some main promises in the manifestos were:

Teachers wear uniforms and children don't (the staff say they will do it), Playtimes should be extended. We come to school only on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and Teachers take SATs, SATs are banned altogether and there should be a hot tub in the playground.
Blue border at the bottom of the page