29 Jul 2013
Wow... what a way to start Education Week with a wonderful debate. Today (Monday 29 July) McCallums Hill Public School Premier's debaters had their fourth debate for 2013. McCallums Hill Premier's were debating against Peakhurst P.S. debaters at Peakhurst Public School.
The topic was ‘That playing weekend sport should be compulsory for school children' and we were the negative team.
Our speakers were:
1st speaker: Zacharia F
2nd speaker: Lilliana G
3rd speaker: Lukas G
Team Advisor: Georgia P
Unfortunately, we did not win this debate but it was extremely close according to the adjudicator which could have gone either way. The debaters spoke confidently and our rebuttals were well thought out. 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. We would like to thank Mrs Khanh who accompanied the students today and also our parents who transported the students to and from the venue.