Cambridge FCE & CAE Classes Go to Court — Lexis Perth
On Thursday 25th November 2010, our Perth FCE & CAE classes went on an excursion to the Supreme Court of Western Australia!
The purpose of the excursion was to learn about the historical changes to issues of law in Western Australia. It was a great day out, and students had the opportunity to use a lot of formal and context-specific language.
The classes also got a chance to role-play a real court case which took place in 1844 – “The Crown vs. John Gaven”. Students took on the roles of prosecution, defence, witnesses, judges and officials, and deliberated over the fate of then 15-year-old convict John Gaven, accused of the murder of a free settler, Mr George Pollard.
In 1844, the real John Gaven was sadly condemned to death (he was the first person to be executed in Western Australia). However, our faithful and conscientious jury found that there was reasonable doubt of John’s guilt and returned a verdict of “Not Guilty”.
The classes also attended an actual trial being conducted on the day, observing the action live from the public gallery. All in all, it was a wonderful and highly interesting day for everyone — and one in which we could change the course of history and save the life of an innocent man!
– Stuart, Cambridge CAE teacher
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