Debating

Last Monday (25.5.14) our school debate team travelled to Wamberal Public School to compete in Round One of the Premiers Debating Challenge. Upon arrival at Wamberal Public School, the teams decided on the topic of the debate. Our team was given the task of arguing the affirmative side of the topic; "There should be separate primary schools for smart kids."  The teams were given just one hour to prepare their arguments, with only a dictionary, stopwatch and palm cards to help them. Simone, Evie, Chelsea and Danielle did a fantastic job arguing our case and rebutted the other team's arguments well. The adjudicator for the debate was very impressed with our teams' arguments and rebuttals and commented on how well our speakers were able to follow the structure of a debate. The adjudicator awarded our team a win and provided us with some excellent feedback. Congratulations debate team on an excellent effort and our first win for the debate season. A very big thankyou to Mrs Vesper and Mrs Robar who assisted with transporting our team. Our next debate is against Terrigal Public School in week 7.