Children's Parliament Investigates...

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The children in Clackmannanshire were joined by Frances this week to talk about their ideas for a videogame which we plan to …

Today we had a look back at some of the things we’d done and talked about in the project so far. We …

This week we learned how to be puppeteers! We experimented with techniques to manipulate our shadow puppets to bring them to life and acted out parts of our script for …

The investigators used what they’d learned from working with adults in their school (which they finished turning into a Calls To Action poster this …

This week we had a more in-depth look at our emerging themes/calls to action. We discussed how it felt when children’s rights …

The Clackmannanshire investigators got together to reflect on what they’d found out before half term from their first meetings with professionals – …

This week we learned about the ancient origins of Halloween, the Gaelic festival of Samhain – a time of stock taking after harvest before the next part …

The children recorded the voiceover introductions, explanations and links that we’ll need to turn the recordings from our sessions with adults into a completed podcast. Some …

We decided to make art as we interviewed the professionals to put everyone at ease. We are inviting each interviewee to decorate …

We did our first adult interviews with school staff and really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s different childhood experiences.  https://investigates.childrensparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/THIS-EDIT-FOR-THE-WEBSITE.mp4