A Right Royal Celebration

Friday 27^th May was an exciting day at The Meads Primary School in Luton. In the morning, the school received a visit from Sarah Owen, Member of Parliament for Luton North, who toured the school and then met with the School Parliament for a mini ‘Question Time’. The children asked Sarah what her role as an MP involved, what values she thought were the most important for a politician to show and what she enjoyed most about her job; one aspiring youngster even asked her if she thought he could be an MP when he grew up! Sarah then helped the children to plant a special commemorative pear tree donated by the school’s catering partner ABM, before rushing off to her next appointment.

If a visit from the MP wasn’t enough, the children then had an afternoon of fun and festivities to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A giant Street Party Picnic involving all 550 pupils was followed by a Jubilee Parade around the local streets, with members of the local community coming out to wave the children on. And when they arrived back in school, they were greeting with the most amazing surprise. Musicians from Luton 6^th Form College, supported by members of the Luton Music Service, came along to provide live music for the children and then The Queen arrived! Everyone sang the National Anthem before being presented with commemorative medals and badges of the day.