Today the RRS school council went to Waltham forest town Hall.  We met the mayor in the debating chamber. Her name was councillor Sharon Waldron. Her sister was her consort. 

This year the mayor’s charities are:

The Waltham forest dyslexia society and charities that work with people who are affected by dementia.

She was very inspirational and also wanted to raise awareness on neurodiversity due to the fact that she has been diagnosed with this.  One of our council members informed the mayor that we had raised money for the dyslexia association and that he himself had dyslexia.

William said that what he took away from this trip was ‘That even if you have challenges in life you can still accomplish great things and help the wider community’.

What Anthony thought was that ‘Even if you have faced many challenges in life you can still follow your dreams’.

We asked her lots of questions like: 

What is it like being Mayor?

What is the best part about being Mayor?

What is the difference between the Mayor of London and Mayor of Waltham Forest?

What has been your favourite food? (She is invited to lots of different functions)

What was your best accomplishment so far as Mayor?

All of our RRS school council very much enjoyed the trip to Walthamstow town hall.

This report was by William and Anthony.