11 Jun 2013
Today (Tuesday 11 June) McCallums Hill Public School Premier's debaters had their third debate for 2013. McCallums Hill Premier's were debating against St Peter's Whites debaters at McCallums Hill Public School.
The topic was ‘That Australia should ban gambling on sporting events' and we were the negative team.
Our speakers were:
1st speaker: Liliana. G.
2nd speaker: Georgia. P.
3rd speaker: Lukas G.
Team Advisor: Zachariah. F.
What a difficult topic, our team won this very close debate which could have gone either way. The debaters spoke confidently and our rebuttals were well thought out, which ultimately won this debate for us! The students had some good arguments for the topic and thoroughly enjoyed their time and experience.
The students received the topic one hour prior to the debate and had to each prepare a 4 minute speech without any teacher assistance.
Both Mrs Halabi & Mrs Vajdevski are extremely proud of our debaters and we look forward to our next debate against Peakhurst P.S. early in Term 3.
Thank you to our wonderful audience members from 4/5D, 5/6A, 5/6P and 5/6W.