KATE Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, welcomed four Trafford pupils to take over her office for Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2014.

Balrai Singh-Rathour and Sophie Gordon, both in Year Eight at Stretford High School ran Kate’s constituency office on December 5.

Balrai and Sophie shadowed Kate on a busy day in the constituency, visiting organisations in Partington and sat in on a drop in advice surgery.

The following Friday, Kate’s office was taken over once again by Harry Merrell and Alex Tilston, Year 8 pupils from Wellacre School in Urmston.

Harry and Alex learned about the day to day running of Kate’s office and shadowed her on a number of festive visits in Stretford, even joining in with the Alzheimer’s Society ‘Singing for the Brain’ in Stretford Mall.

The Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2014 is a national event led by the Children’s Commissioner for England, which gives children and young people the chance to shadow jobs, get involved in decision-making, and offer their opinions on key issues.

Children and young people work with many different organisations during the day, including businesses, schools, police and fire services, newspapers, charities and Government Departments.

Ms Green took part in Takeover Day last year and welcomed the chance for two different schools to take part this year.

She said: “I was really pleased to take part in the Children’s Commissioner Takeover Day.

“All the students were a breath of fresh air and really got stuck in to the work an MP does. They were a real asset to their schools and I hope they enjoyed the day as much as we did.

“My team and I loved having pupils from both schools in the office and we’ll certainly be taking part next year.”