Oxley Debating

On February 20, Oxley’s Debating Club enjoyed a day-long workshop incursion in Hoskins Hall.

At the start of the day, we talked about what to do to be a good debater. An Oxley ex-student Molly joined us to give us some tips on how to be better debaters. We listened to two speeches and discussed their strengths and weaknesses, helping us understand what a high-level speech should sound like through the adjudication process. We then used this information and made a mind-map on what we gathered from that (they all included otters, of course).

Later in the day we were split into our debating teams and were given a topic on which we had to create a debate. We worked on this in our teams before heading to lunch. Lunch was pizzas from Dominos, which everyone was happy about. After lunch we set up the tables and chairs and debated our speeches and topics. The other age group that wasn’t currently speaking sat down and helped adjudicate. Thank you to everyone who was there for an amazing and helpful day.

Dakota W, Year 9