My speech

Hands up those of you who have a pet at home? (Wait 4 also for people to put hands up)

Ok hands down - How cool would it be to bring your pet to school with you each day? Doesn’t that sound like fun? (Wait of 2s)

My name is Lee and I believe we should be able to bring pets to school and I am going to give you some good reasons why you should agree with me.

Firstly having a pet at school  is not a new idea...Many classes have class pets.  Having a class pet is a great experience for kids because children can learn about their class pet, it teaches them responsibility and develops a love of animals. For example, if we had a class pet and we learnt how to look after it, we could look after our pets at home as well. It would also teach us to tidy up after ourselves and keep a clean and tidy house.

Secondly, having a class pet can motivate us with our learning. For example we can draw, describe it, write about, how to look after it, what to feed it and how they behave. We could start a class blog or diary written from the pets point of view. We could get books from the library about our class pet so we know even more about how to look after it and keep it happy. The teacher could use the class pet as a reward for good behaviour and learning. If a child is doing really well in class - they can have some play time with the class pet or even take it home for the weekend.

                                        

Finally a class pet can fix a lot of problems like if we’ve sad we could cuddle them, if you’re lonely you can play with them if you’re feeling unwell - they can comfort you. Pets can also be very funny to watch as they often do funny things like making funny sounds

Overall, I have shared with you all of my ideas. Now don’t you agree that every class should have a pet? Well  I do. You should too! So come on, persuade your principal to let your class have a pet, you won’t regret it!.