The news about the Ukrainian war has been upsetting and the children in Y6 felt that they needed to speak up to urge the Prime Minister and his government to act more decisively.
The children felt that developing peace between Russia and Ukraine and offering assistance to the people of Ukraine during their terrible ordeal was of the utmost importance.
So a couple of weeks ago the children wrote letter to either the Prime Minister or the Foreign Secretary, Rht Hon Liz Truss MP, to express their views.
Earlier this week, we received a reply from the Prime Minister’s correspondence officer with a very detailed reply. Not only was the Prime Minister and his team very impressed with the children’s letters but they agreed that peace was very important and that the Prime Minister was doing his best to broker this. The letter went on to say how the people of Britain would be able to welcome Ukrainian refugees into their homes. This news has now been released in the press for the country- but we heard it first in our letter from him.
From this experience, the children have learned that speaking up for what is right and letting their voices be heard is so important.
Well done children- you are the future of our country.
Who knows- maybe one day you will be in government and you will have the chance to make a real positive difference in our world!