Legal Roles and Responsibilities in Year 6

In preparation for our trip to the Royal Courts of Justice trip, the children in Year 6 have been learning about the different roles in the legal world and what each person does. The children participated in a matching activity before learning about aggravating and mitigating circumstances in a court trial. These different circumstances can greatly alter a criminal's sentence length, either by reducing or increasing the punishment or the amount of time someone will spend in prison. 

I was amazed to discover that aggravating circumstances can increase a defendant's sentence, for example previous convictions and whether violence was used or not.

Kaine, Redwood