Interviews

As part of the Jubilee events, our class are entering a writing competition. As part of this it was arranged for members of the community who have met the Queen would come in for us to interview.
In the morning we had thought about some questions we could ask.
This afternoon we then interviewed our visitors. We found out about why they had met the Queen (eg. receiving an MBE, being invited to a tea party...) and what they talked to her about. We  learnt about the do's and don'ts for meeting the Queen such as how she should be addressed and handshakes. Here are some of the  questions we asked:
- what was the Queen wearing?
- what did you eat?
- did you meet any other members of the Royal Family?
- was Prince Philip funny?
- how did you feel as you met the Queen?
- did you have to wear anything special to meet the Queen?

I was really proud of how sensibly and thoughtfully the children asked questions and for how well they listened to the responses (especially considering it was last thing on Monday in a hot classroom after tennis/ swimming).

We were very interested in what our visitors had to say and this will form part of our literacy as we write a report about the interviews. They brought photographs and one visitor brought in his medals, including his MBE.