The project uses role play to engage the children
as residents of a village/town in which they are
also councillors. Acting in role, the children
learn about decision making and consequences of
decisions through a variety of exciting Literacy,
Geography and PSHE learning activities. The topic
concludes with looking at the real world of local
politics and planning ways in which to persuade
more people to vote at local level.
This pack aims to cover a significant number of
Literacy objectives. In trials we have found the
activities to be very effective in engaging
children, especially in the upper primary phase.
The more cross-curricular the approach, the more
effective the project will be and the pack is
designed to facilitate that. PRIMARY VOTE aims to
excite and motivate children. It stimulates their
interest in an imaginary town in which all the
class live. This will enable them to consider
several “real-life” scenarios in an engaging and
creative way.
Derby Primary Vote provides a themed week of
curricular activities with the following aims: -
● To create a strong level of interest in democracy in primary children that will pay dividends in future years
● To use the natural enthusiasm of children to promote democratic engagement to their parents and social networks
● To provide attractive material for the media in order to communicate the message about voting in local elections to an even wider audience
Click here for National Curriculum objectives
● To create a strong level of interest in democracy in primary children that will pay dividends in future years
● To use the natural enthusiasm of children to promote democratic engagement to their parents and social networks
● To provide attractive material for the media in order to communicate the message about voting in local elections to an even wider audience
Click here for National Curriculum objectives
The resources currently on the site are intended
for Years 5 and 6 although it could easily be
adapted for use in Years 3 and 4 or Key Stage 3.
Subject to further interest, additional resources for Years 3 and 4 will be added in due course. These will be available free of charge to all primary schools within the Derby City area.
Subject to further interest, additional resources for Years 3 and 4 will be added in due course. These will be available free of charge to all primary schools within the Derby City area.
The project could be focussed over one week where
the class takes “democracy” as its theme. It
would be easy to adapt the plans to use the
material in a longer term planning framework too.
Word versions of the planning grids can be
downloaded from our password-protected Resources section.
This allows teachers to adapt the plans for
their own children and school planning
frameworks.
Resources for each unit are detailed in the
lesson plans and
can be found here. To
maximise impact it is recommended that you
provide a separate folder for all the week's
work. This will make it seem more important
to the children.
We hope you enjoy using this pack and that it is
useful. However, everything can be improved.
Please use our contact form to
email questions, comments and suggestions to
us. Amendments can be made to web based
files immediately.