Little future voters at Happy Days Kindergarten in Plumstead cast their “special votes” along with other voters on Monday 27 May as a valuable life skill was imparted by their devoted democratic teaching staff.
“We do this every single election, every five years, which forms part of our life skills lessons we teach the children at our school. It’s so that when they go to the polling stations along with their parents, they understand what it is all about. And it’s something that they will never forget,” shared Happy Days’ Assistant to the Principal Felicia Swail.
This election, Happy Days decided that the children should vote for their favourite pet. And the top candidates were: The cat, the dog, fish or birds.
“We counted all 193 ballots and the dog took the vote as their favourite pet, while cats came in second, followed by birds in third place and fish in fourth place,” Swail announced.
She said their previous election votes were based on the children’s favourite food.
She could see the parents’ delight as they witnessed how each of their young ones’ vote counted in this year’s election.
Each child was shown how to draw their X’s in private, followed by a mark of black ink on their thumb.
“It was a lot of fun as the kids came in by the school gate with their parents seeing how each child could come to cross their mark at our special voting station,” Swail concluded.
