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Speak up, Speak Out (Understanding Democracy) Assembly
We have been learning about "Democracy" and different forms of government. forms of government.mov	We have been asking ourselves questions about our schooling. Questions
We found out that you can "Lobby" your MP for change. lobbying.mov

We thought about different ways of running meetings at school. What would be the best way to represent us?
Whole School meeting where everyone speaks for themselves (Direct democracy)	A small group representing us.
The oldest person representing us.	The strongest person representing us.
A School Council representing us.
What would you vote for?

You can find out more about Democracy and setting up a school council. Click here	Older readers can find out about different democracies from Wikipedia encyclopedia.

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