Kidzania to host school trips as part of UK Parliament Week

KidZania London has teamed up with UK Parliament Week to host a series of activities and workshops for schools to teach pupils about the political system.

Supporting the provision of Key Stages 1-3 PSHE learning, the programme of activities has been designed to teach students about the world of politics, debating and current issues.

UK Parliament Week is an annual festival that engages people from across the UK with Parliament, explores what it means to them and empowers them to get involved.

The KidZania’s Parliament Fair will run on the 14 and 16 November 2018 and will include a number of special parliament-focused activities, designed to educate school children about political system in the UK and excite them about the host of interesting careers available in the world of politics.

Pupils will be able to learn to be a political journalist with Shout Out UK, a multi-award winning independent youth news platform that provides young people with the tools necessary to engage in politics and a platform to shout out and be heard.

Two journalists from Shout Out UK will be running a workshop across the two days where children will learn what it takes to report on the latest political news. Children will select news stories from the agenda that day, write them up, and then react like a real newsroom when a breaking story comes in.

Inspired by the best-selling children’s book, Politics for Beginners, KidZania will also be running a workshop on behalf of children’s publisher Usborne, teaching children all about debating, canvassing and the voting system. What’s more, schools who book a visit on one of the two days will also receive five copies of Politics for Beginners for their school.

At the KidZania polling station, children will get to vote on a variety of political issues, demonstrating how the UK voting system enables their voices to be heard on topics that directly affect them.

KidZania will also be using the ballot box to get feedback from real children in order to make positive changes to the city.

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