In Class 7 we have been finding out about democracy.

Later that day, we found out first hand what it meant by voting for our class representatives for the School council. Leighton, Aaron and Rhys had put themselves forward as candidates for the boy representative, whilst Leah, Maddison and Melissa were keen to be the girl representative.

We used real voting booths and a secret ballot box to cast our votes.

During our discussions, Aleese said that in a democracy, "Everyone is important", Melissa stated that "We all have a right to complain and change our minds," and William noted that in democratic countries "We are free to discuss and talk about lots of different things".