YEAR 6 pupils at Churcher’s College Junior School visited 10 Downing Street as part of their citizenship week.

After posing on the front step, the children were welcomed into the Cabinet Room. The children sat round the famous green table and some had the opportunity to sit in the Prime Minister’s chair. They learnt about some of the important decisions which have affected British life which were made and discussed in this historic room. Next they walked up the grand staircase installed by Sir Robert Walpole with its portraits of previous Prime Ministers. They then entered the study and, by entering the White Drawing Room and Terracotta Room, Year 6 joined the many international VIPs who have graced Downing Street. Here they posed for diplomatic handshakes in front of the White Room’s fireplace. The highlight of the trip for the children was to see and stroke Larry the cat, who was sleeping on the window sill in the hallway.

Class teacher Sarah Roberts said: “It was a remarkable experience for us all. We have been studying the power of democracy and parliament and to visit this place so entwined with British government and British history was a very memorable experience. I was very proud of my class, whose behaviour was excellent.”