"Childrens' views should be listened to and respected, we have great ideas, children can learn everything adults can, and we need to make our own choices, parents don't always know how we think."

This was the 'for' argument from one of our debate teams in the studio this week on the topic: 'Should children being able to vote.'

And the other debate team that gave arguments against children being able to vote countered that: "children can be gullible, grown-ups can easily change children's minds so if they voted it would not be a fair view on what they believe, and politics is boring."

All I can say is it was great to be a part of this debate with the help of our Media Cubs character - Mayor of Cubchester Andy Bearnham, as it showed the mini reporters that when writing an article or broadcasting you have to give fair and balanced views from both sides.

Thank you to all the mini reporters that battled it out, you did an awesome job!

And a big shout out to Ella who on her first visit to the newsroom became 'Mini Reporter of the Week' - voted by our mini-boss Reet, who said she did a great job of stepping up to the mic with "fantastic contributions to the debate".