This year at Prince Rock we were inundated with applications for our school's Parliament and were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and passion shown by our prospective young leaders. As a result, Mrs. Hanley decided to adapt the selection process by firstly shortlisting applications and then inviting those successful year 6 candidates to deliver a short speech. Competition was fierce for the coveted parliamentary positions and it was a truly difficult decision to be made, ultimately by Mrs. Hanley but  with support of teachers and teaching assistants across the school. 

The parliament continues to work separately to, yet alongside, the well-established democratically elected School Council to ensure the voices of Prince Rock's children is heard and improvements or initiatives led by them. The Prince Rock Parliament consists of ten incredibly talented and worthy MP's Our MPs represent a range of areas both subject specific areas of the curriculum, like English and mathematics to more socially based roles such as the environment and kindness - one of our school values. The parliament is led by our Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who oversee the running of the parliament with a little support from the Speaker of the House, Mrs. Potter.

The aim of our parliament is to encourage and support a collaborative approach to our curriculum provision and the wider community where the MPs meet termly with subject teams to engage in purposeful dialogue regarding teaching and learning at Prince Rock. In addition, the children are superb ambassadors for our school and represent the interests of their peers with enthusiasm and maturity. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister also meet regularly with the School councillors and members of the senior leadership team (SLT) to discuss any issues which have arisen from their constituencies (class councils).