The Children's Parliament will meet on November 20 to discuss, among other things, the ideation of the Peltosaari park complex

Riihimäki's children's parliament will meet on Wednesday, November 20 at Antoni's house for the first time with its new membership for the season 2024–2025. Members are elected annually from the schools. The parliament gathers four students from each elementary school in Riihimäki, a total of 28 members.

The subject of this meeting is, among other things, the initial ideation of the renewal of the Peltosaari park complex. The park complex includes the Karlskogan playground and the park areas south of it. In addition, the rules of the children's parliament are formed at the meeting. Children get to deal with different topics at three activity points.

The meeting will be opened by Head of Education Outi Ervasti at 9.00:XNUMX a.m. He will give his opening speech on the theme of the child's right to learning, which is the same as the theme of the national week of children's rights.

The Children's Parliament is part of the Child-Friendly Municipality activity

The goal of the Children's Parliament's activities is to increase the participation and influence of children in matters concerning children. As a rule, the issues discussed in the children's parliament come from the children themselves, and they also act as presenters of the issues.

In Riihimäki, the third season of the children's parliament starts now, and at the same time the third membership. The Children's Parliament meets 2–3 times during the school year.

The meeting is part of the program of the week of children's rights from 18 to 24. November 2024. You can familiarize yourself with the program of Riihimäki's entire theme week from our previous news.

Riihimäki Children's Parliament