{"id":7000,"date":"2021-03-23T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=7000"},"modified":"2021-03-26T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:08:12","slug":"year-7-explores-the-value-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-7-explores-the-value-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 7 Explores the Value of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/democracy-assembly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/democracy-assembly.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/democracy-assembly-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Mr Akhtar leading the Year 7 assembly on democracy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeking to engage with Year 7 students on the subject of democracy, Mr Akhtar, Head of Washbrook House, hosted a special assembly in school earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central theme of the talk focused on the storming of the US Capitol, which took place on 6th January 2021 and served as a tangible reminder that democracy, and the systems that underpin it, are extremely fragile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images and a video of the insurrection were shown to examine the course of events and highlight how some of the perpetrators acted in protest of the presidential election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Akhtar went on to explain the way democracy works, with everyone being entitled to a vote on who governs the country, and what to do if you don\u2019t agree with the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assembly was well-received by Year 7, who showed great interest in the real-world issue that had swept the media and the importance of upholding democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeking to engage with Year 7 students on the subject of democracy, Mr Akhtar, Head of Washbrook House, hosted a special assembly in school earlier today. The central theme of the talk focused on the storming of the US Capitol, which took place on 6th January 2021 and served as a tangible reminder that democracy, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-7-explores-the-value-of-democracy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Year 7 Explores the Value of Democracy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125,2,30],"class_list":["post-7000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-assembly","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-year-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}