Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Lara Primary School

Mr EREN (Lara) (12:48): One of my favourite things to do as a local MP is to visit my local schools in my electorate. My electorate is full of wonderful local schools, both primary and secondary. I may be a little bit biased, but I think we have some of the best schools in the state. I am also grateful for this opportunity to connect with young minds and hear directly of the things that are important to them.

Recently I was honoured to attend Lara Primary School and speak to grades 5 and 6 about the government and the role of an MP. Here is what two students, Lucy and Tahlia, had to say about the experience:

To Mr John Eren,

We appreciate you coming to see us.

We learnt heaps from your speech.

Some things are:

Health

Education

Lara Small Businesses

Politics

Election and the way things run.

We thank you for coming in and seeing us. It has helped with our Civics and citizenship topic for inquiry.

Thanks again. From Lucy and Tahlia.

I want to thank Lucy and Tahlia for these kind words. I would also like to thank grades 5 and 6 from Lara Primary for being such a well-mannered, interested and involved group of students. They are a wonderful group, and it was my absolute pleasure to speak to them about the role of MPs within our local community. Their questions were very well thought out. They were attentive and fantastic listeners as well. I also respected their confidence and engagement during our discussion. I would also like to thank their teacher Sherridan for organising this visit and her fellow grade 5 and 6 teachers for their assistance on the day. I enjoyed my time visiting this group, and I am glad that I could help them with their civics and citizenship inquiry. It is a wonderful school in my electorate.