Election fever hit Seaton Sluice on 11th June when the whole school had the opportunity to take part in our annual mock election. In the run up to the election, the Year 7 parties produced their own manifestos, prepared their speeches and talked to voters to try to gain their support. Each party bravely presented their speech to the whole school and then, class by class, the students swapped their polling cards for ballot papers and cast their votes in the private voting booths.
The Y7 election administrators were extremely efficient and by lunchtime the votes were all cast and counted. All parties had attracted a respectable number of votes however, the winning party was
the Mental Health Party whose policies for improving mental health support in schools proved extremely popular with their constituents.
“Well done!” to everyone involved in the election: you all did a fantastic job and helped us all to experience how a real election works.