Sir Gavin Williamson recently visited Landywood Primary School in Great Wyrley, where he met with the elected School Council who hosted a breakfast meeting, complete with hot chocolate, bacon rolls and toast.
Sir Gavin attended the classroom meeting with the student School Council, where he was asked many interesting questions about his parliamentary career from some eager listeners. Sir Gavin was pleased to see the students engage so energetically with acting out parliamentary procedures, playing as politicians and whips. The children learnt about the ins and outs of the functioning of government and asked many intelligent questions.
Sir Gavin said: “I was delighted to meet with the Student Council at Landywood Primary, and am glad they enjoyed role-playing as parliamentarians, hopefully I have met some future politicians! I was asked many interesting questions, and I’m really encouraged that the students’ questions were so clever and thoughtful. I’d also like to applaud the wonderful staff that I met at Landywood who were so incredible with their students and were so patient and nurturing – teachers truly are the backbone of the next generation.”
The school’s Deputy Head teacher said: “At Landywood, we are passionate about helping our children to understand the breadth of career opportunities available to them. Our pupil-led School Council were delighted to host a breakfast meeting for Sir Gavin. Receiving a visit from an elected Politician was a real highlight and the Q&A session Sir Gavin took part in gave pupils a unique insight into his everyday life in Politics.
During the session, children learned how votes are taken in Parliament, about some of the prominent people sir Gavin has met during his career, some of the countries he has visited and the highs and lows of a role in Politics. We would like to thank Sir Gavin for taking this time to visit us and for his inspiring and engaging responses to our School Council’s many questions.”
Student and Head of the School Council said: “It was good to meet Sir Gavin, not many people get to meet a politician. My favourite part of the visit was getting to talk to him and ask questions. I learned what it’s like to me an MP so if I want to be one when I’m older, I know the type of things I would have to do. It was interesting to learn about the people he’s met from all over the world.”
