WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:03.000 
<c.S1>(SOFT MUSIC)</c>

2
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:15.360 
<c.S1>(BUS ENGINE)</c>

3
00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.120 
<c.S1>(IRISH MUSIC)</c>

4
00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.680 
<c.S1>Welcome to Parliament Buildings everybody.</c>

5
00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:28.840 
<c.S1>This is where the Northern Ireland Assembly
meets and you're going to head off</c>

6
00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:30.040 
<c.S1>on quite an exciting day today.</c>

7
00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:32.320 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>

8
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.000 
<c.S1>I had never been here before,
and I just wondered what was inside.</c>

9
00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:45.600 
<c.S1>The best part of today was that I got to see
inside this brilliant building.</c>

10
00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:47.760 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>

11
00:00:51.480 --> 00:00:56.240 
<c.S1>I really enjoyed meeting one of the MLAs
and learning how to become an MLA.</c>

12
00:00:56.360 --> 00:01:00.960 
<c.S1>What I really enjoyed about today was having
a miniature debate in the Senate Chamber,</c>

13
00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.000 
<c.S1>because that’s what MLAs really do.</c>

14
00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:06.560 
<c.S1>The best part for me was the mock election</c>

15
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:10.400 
<c.S1>where we got to pretend that we were
leaders of parties and asked for votes.</c>

16
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:12.040 
<c.S1>My pupils loved today.</c>

17
00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:16.160 
<c.S1>They loved hearing about the
legislative Assembly and how laws are made.</c>

18
00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.480 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>

19
00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:30.880 
<c.S1>Today I’m here
as part of my AS Government and Politics modules.</c>

20
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:35.440 
<c.S1>What I’ve most enjoyed about today is meeting
MLAs from all the different political parties.</c>

21
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.600 
<c.S1>Having the opportunity to question them</c>

22
00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:42.440 
<c.S1>and put them on the spot
for issues that are really important to me.</c>

23
00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:46.720 
<c.S1>I’ve also really enjoyed seeing through
the public gallery, democracy in action.</c>

24
00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.800 
<c.S1>If you’ve never been, you’ve missed
an absolutely wonderful opportunity.</c>

25
00:01:50.800 --> 00:01:54.880 
<c.S1>It is both free, informative
and I think an experience not to be missed.</c>

26
00:01:54.960 --> 00:01:57.520 
<c.S1>I think it’s very important that young people
come to this building</c>

27
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:00.520 
<c.S1>because this is their building and they
get to see what actually happens in here.</c>

28
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:04.840 
<c.S1>Thank you very much for allowing</c>

29
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.280 
<c.S1>the Northern Ireland Assembly
to come out here to you today.</c>

30
00:02:07.440 --> 00:02:09.080 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>

31
00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:14.960 
<c.S1>(CHATTER)</c>

32
00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:21.320 
<c.S1>I would advise any school
to make full use of this facility.</c>

33
00:02:21.320 --> 00:02:24.080 
<c.S1>It’s a free service to your school.</c>

34
00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:27.040 
<c.S1>The facilitators that come out
are very pupil friendly</c>

35
00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:30.760 
<c.S1>and they have pupil friendly activities
that the children can relate to</c>

36
00:02:30.760 --> 00:02:34.040 
<c.S1>and will make a real impact
on what they are doing in the classroom.</c>

37
00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.200 
<c.S1>Of course, as well as visiting Stormont,</c>

38
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:40.160 
<c.S1>there’s also the outreach event which the
Assembly Education Service organises.</c>

39
00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:43.640 
<c.S1>Recently, my school,
accompanied with six or seven others,</c>

40
00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:45.880 
<c.S1>attended the Let’s Talk event in Newry.</c>

41
00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:51.080 
<c.S1>Not only did they meet our local MLAs but also,
they had the opportunity to ask questions</c>

42
00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.600 
<c.S1>with schools from other parts of the community.</c>

43
00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.720 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>

44
00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.680 
<c.S1>I came here today
because a letter came through in the post,</c>

45
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.000 
<c.S1>inviting us as teachers
to come to this teacher training event.</c>

46
00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:15.400 
<c.S1>I really loved working in the groups
and the part where they amended a Bill.</c>

47
00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:18.360 
<c.S1>I came to Parliament Buildings today
as part of a teacher training event,</c>

48
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.640 
<c.S1>in ways that we can link PDMU in
with the Northern Ireland Assembly</c>

49
00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:23.880 
<c.S1>and the work that it does.</c>

50
00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:27.440 
<c.S1>I really enjoyed when I got to act the part
of the Health Minister,</c>

51
00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:29.800 
<c.S1>and even better when I got my Bill passed.</c>

52
00:03:30.040 --> 00:03:33.720 
<c.S1>The Assembly Education Service provides
an iBook and all the material.</c>

53
00:03:33.720 --> 00:03:38.760 
<c.S1>In fact, it’s the best material that I’ve seen
in over 40 years of teaching politics.</c>

54
00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:41.040 
<c.S1>(MUSIC CONTINUES)</c>