Dollar Academy – visit from Scottish MEP

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Dollar Academy visited by Scottish MEPScottish MEP Catherine Stihler visited Dollar Academy on Monday 27th February and met with pupils from Junior 1 to talk about the EU.

In a presentation that covered all aspects of the European Parliament, Catherine included many interesting facts from some of the 27 member states along with stories from her personal experiences at the parliament.

She finished with a 25 minute question and answer session, which allowed the young Dollar pupils the opportunity to quiz her on various aspects of her role and Scotland’s involvement with Europe.

Catherine Stihler was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 as the youngest British MEP. She is currently the EPLP’s Spokesperson on Consumer Rights and one of the six MEPs who represent Scotland in Brussels and Strasbourg.

Dollar Junior School class teacher, Mrs Orla Dunn, who organised the visit, commented: ‘The children are currently studying the EU in Geography, so this was a great opportunity for them to learn from someone so involved in European politics.

Ms Stihler gave a very informative presentation, which really brought the topic to life. The pupils really enjoyed her visit and we’d like to thank her for her time spent with us this morning.”

"I was delighted to visit Dollar Academy today to talk to the Junior 1 pupils about my work in the European Parliament." said Catherine, "The pupils' knowledge of the EU was very good and I was extremely impressed by the host of varied questions they asked me.

It was great to have the opportunity to look at how the EU was established and explain a bit about how the Institutions have developed since then. The pupils' enthusiasm allowed for lots of interesting discussion."

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