Debating Round 2

Congratulations to both the debating teams who competed in their second round of debates on Thursday of Week 8.

The Year 6 Team, consisting of Chelsea B, Enzo H, Georgia C & Sienna P, competed against Cammeray’s Year 6 team. The topic of their debate was ‘Children should watch 20 minutes of news at school everyday’. Northbridge unfortunately lost the coin toss and were given the negative side. They took a very interesting approach to this debate and chose to interpret the topic as a counter argument. What this means, is that they don’t disagree with the topic. Instead, they stated that students need more than 20 minutes, instead they need 40 minutes of time per day to watch the news. A very complex and challenging way to take on debate, which was a very brave risk of them to take. Unfortunately, they were narrowly defeated by Cammeray. 

The Year 5 team, consisting of April R, Will R, Hannah P & Danielle B, competed against Cammeray’s other Year 6 team. The topic of their debate was ‘Children in year 5 and 6 should be allowed to use social media at school’. The Year 5’s took on the negative side and disagreed with the topic. They had a very strong debate with excellent points, which resulted in their second win of the season.

Well done to both teams, as both debates were extremely exciting and interesting to watch. You represented Northbridge with pride and we are extremely proud of both teams.