This week Torbay School has been participating in the Kids Flag Referendum:
Kids Flag Referendum Information
We had a discussion in class about how the referendum came about and the different reasons why some people want to keep the current flag, and why some people would like to see the flag changed. With each reason the desire to change or keep the flag changed rapidly with some heated debate from both sides.
On Thursday it was the turn of our class to go to the school voting booths and cast our votes. The students had their names crossed off the list and then were given a form to fill in. There were pictures of both flags and they had to put a tick next to the flag they wanted to have as the New Zealand flag. Then they had to post their form into the ballot box.
Voting results so far:
Day 1 went to the new flag 44 - 68
Day 2 went to the current flag 144-140
Day 3 went back to the new flag winning by a slim 4 votes 186-190
Current total:
Current flag - 374 votes New flag - 398
With only Rooms 15, 16 and 18 to go the result could be very close. Final results to follow soon!
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