On Tuesday 27 April, the Year 7, 8 and 9 debating teams travelled to All Saints Catholic College for the first round of the MISA Debating Competition.
All three teams were victorious in their debates which was a wonderful way to commence the competition.
The following is a recount of this excursion from one of our Year 7 team members, Annabel C;
“The debating excursion on Tuesday was a wonderful experience. After a bus ride, we started in a room where we received our topic by flipping a coin. It was a surprise because we had chosen negative but the topic was ‘Parents should not buy their children luxury items’ so it was more like an affirmative response. After spending an hour in the preparation room where we composed our speeches around the topic, it was time for the debate. The Affirmative team from All Saints Cathlic College were very good so it was extremely challenging to develop rebuttals to their arguments. After listening to the adjudicator's response, we found out we had won which was very exciting. During morning tea, we got some brilliant feedback from the adjudicator which hopefully we can apply to future debates.
Overall, it was a brilliant debating excursion. It was a very fun debate and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It definitely will have helped our team for future debates and I can’t wait for the next MISA debate.”
Miss Elise Fowler
Senior School English Teacher - English/Debating Coordintator