College students visit a polling station

Treloar College class visited our local polling station on the day of UK general election.

This year students in College have had access to various opportunities to gain knowledge on our political system in the UK. We have had tutor time sessions discussing the democratic system and its importance in our country. Students have joined an interactive session together in the FT Hall where they learnt about the importance of decision making and received a factual overview of the main political parties.

All students who are of voting age have been encourage to vote if that’s something they wish to do. Students have voted by postal votes, in person at the polling station and with their families after college. All eligible students have registered to vote if they have wished to even if they haven’t placed their vote this time.

A college class was then set the task of finding their local polling station and leading the staff team there using google maps. Once there, all the students went inside the station checked accessibility whilst speaking to the volunteers running the station. One student asked: ‘Would we have support to make our cross in the box if we struggle with handwriting?’

On the way home the students spoke about their visit and agreed it was ‘really interesting’. One of them said he was going to do a polling station comparison as he was going to vote this evening with his parents!