Debating

Debating Club Workshops in Semester 2

Masters Academy is the largest private supplier of communication education to schools in NSW. With a network of over 70 trained coaches, including some of the best speakers in Australia, Masters Academy specialises in building communications confidence and getting results for students of all ages.

This program provides hands-on, exciting learning experiences for your child which will not only give them a great insight into the world of Debating, but will also teach them core skills such as confidence, public speaking and essay writing techniques. Workshops are one hour long and will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 3.30-4.30pm. Each workshop group will be staffed by our expert Debating coaches who will provide ongoing support for students whilst they learn and put into practice new skills throughout the term, teaching them structures and using a wide variety of enjoyable activities to develop their speaking skills.

Masters Academy is a registered Creative Kids supplier, which entitles parents to a $100 rebate for Debating Club. Please contact info@mastersacademy.com.au or call 8283 2905 for more details. Masters Academy is open to holding additional sessions (numbers permitting) at a more suitable time. Register interest with Masters Academy here if you can’t make it on a Wednesday.

SDN Trials (Yrs 7 to 10)

Thank you to those who were at the SDN trials. All those who tried out have been placed on teams and will have been emailed about them. The SDN competition will start Week 1 of next term. More information here.

Yr 7 House Debates

Ela Kos, our Debating Captain, is organising a Yr 7 House Debating Competition in Term 3. Students from Yrs 10, 11 and 12 please contact Ela if you would like to help her organise or run the competition. All Yr 7 debaters, and more students from the Year Group, will be involved in this. More information will be available in Term 3.

2019 Middle Years Ethics Olympiad

Saturday 30 November (Yrs 7-9)

Thank you for those who have contacted me and expressed interest in this. I will be in touch in Term 3

Yr 7 Teams in Debating

A Report by Aleisha Lawrence Yr 11

On Friday, we had two Yr 7 teams in the final stages of their competitions. The ISDA Yr 7 team debated the topic “That the media should not report on the private lives of politicians”, on the affirmative. Redlands presented the case that media bias and fabricated personal information sways election results. They also argued that personal information negatively impacts the family members of politicians (the key example presented was the statements released about Bill Shorten’s mother prior to the election). Most of the information clouds the public’s ability to vote for politicians who serve their best interest. 

Whilst it was an impressive debate on both sides, represented by the adjudication panels split decision, the opposition won at the end of the night. We commend the Yr 7 debaters Kabir Yohannan, Sophia Rolon, Sholto Mirrlees-Black, Rafferty Heard, Arya Gapaillard and Annie Zhang on making it to the ISDA Semi Finals.

The FED 7B team debated the topic “That we should ban school report cards” in the SDN Grand Final, on the affirmative. They presented the case that alternate methods such as “effort tracking” are preferable to the tradition report card method.

This was a nail-biting Grand Final with a split decision by the adjudicators which unfortunately didn’t go in Redlands favour. The Redlands team of Jocelyn Wang, Ruby Voyce, Anneka Steele, Flynn Kieran and Jack Keogh were gracious in defeat and should be very proud of their achievements. 

All Yr 7 teams made it to the knock out stages of out competitions.

Ms Simone Bryant
Debating Coordinator
sbryant@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9875