My name is Noah and I'm in Year 6. Yesterday (28 June), my class and I went to Parliament House in Perth to learn more about state parliament. We left at 8:40am and after a very exciting bus ride, arrived at Parliament House. When everyone was getting off the bus, we saw Mr Barnett at the door being interviewed. Everyone was very exited to see Mr Barnett and the news crew. Then, we went to an area just next to the Parliament House to have our recess. After recess ended, we went into Parliament House. The marble tiles on the floor leading to Parliament House were very slippery. Once inside, we sat in a circle around a very big picture of a swan. Then a man called Michael came to take us through Parliament House. He explained that the swan was made of jarrah wood, pearl and iron ore. We learnt about the history of parliament in WA. One thing I found very funny was the reason that the furniture is all blue in the Lower House (instead of green) because the government ran out of money during the gold rush!
We also went to the Constitution Centre to learn more about Federation and the Constitution. We completed five challenges that explored the components of the Constitution, Referendums, populations of states and the members within both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
It was a great day!
Noah
Year 6 student
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