{"id":4019,"date":"2022-06-15T02:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4019"},"modified":"2022-06-15T02:56:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:56:45","slug":"year-8-debaters-have-the-final-say-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/year-8-debaters-have-the-final-say-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 Debaters have the final say of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Round 1 of the Year 7\/8 PDC for 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4021 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday the 31st of May 2022, Fort Street\u2019s Year 7 Debate Team had their first debate against Fort Street\u2019s Year 8 Debate Team for their first round of the Premier\u2019s Debating Challenge. Most of the members of Fort Street\u2019s Year 8 Debate Team had competed in this competition last year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The topic was \u201cthat students should always pick their group members for group work\u201d. The choice of the topic was even debated by the two opposing team but we managed to reach a middle group with a healthy game of rock, scissors, paper between Jason Lim in the Year 7 team and Henry Huang in the Year 8 team thus resulting in year 7 arguing for the affirmative side and year 8 arguing for the negative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4019 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_0.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_0-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_17.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_17-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This was Year 7s first taste of high school level debating and they planned and debated admirably, giving it their best shot, even though some were not use to the fast pace and challenges of presenting impromptu arguments and rebuttals. In the Year 7 Team we had Divyan Gnanasivam as first speaker, Ollie Panagakis as second speaker, Jason Lim as third speaker and Tom Mitchell as team advisor. In the Year 8 Team we had Chinmay Dixit as first speaker, Aaditya Venkatraman as second speaker, Henry Huang as third speaker and Aiden Lee as team advisor.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_15.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_15-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_14.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_14-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_16.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Since this was a live debate, we also managed to recruit an audience from the Year 7 and 8 Debate reserve team.<\/p>\n<p>From Year 7 we had Oliver Wilson, Lucinda Man and Oliver Williams who also served as Debate Chair-Person.<\/p>\n<p>From Year 8 we had Miranda Leighton and Aaron Ji who also served as Time Keeper.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4019 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_10.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/8_Debate_3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Even though Year 8 were declared the winner, both teams will progress to the second round of the Premiers Debating Challenge against Sydney Boys at the end of term 2! We also had a lot of fun and took a cool photo at Fort Street\u2019s secret Harry Potter stairs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Truong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator for Fort Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Round 1 of the Year 7\/8 PDC for 2022 On Tuesday the 31st of May 2022, Fort Street\u2019s Year 7 Debate Team had their first debate against Fort Street\u2019s Year 8 Debate Team for their first round of the Premier\u2019s Debating Challenge. 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