Debating

Welcome to debating for Term 2! The Eastside and ISDA Debating competitions will recommence this Friday, and the preliminary rounds will be completed on Zoom over this and next week. After that, any teams progressing to the finals will be debating in person – the ISDA Octo Finals will be held at SCEGGS on 7 May, and the Eastside Semi Finals will be held at SBHS on 14 May. Family will be allowed to attend the Eastside finals, but not the ISDA finals.

The Archdale Debating Competition also begins this term, and debates will be taking place in person. Family will be allowed to watch the debates at SCEGGS, but they will not be allowed to watch debates at other schools. A full draw for the season can be found on the Debating page in your daughter’s Cognito. When there are away debates a bus will take all debaters to the host school. Junior debates begin at 5:30pm, and Senior debates begin at 6:30pm. A bus will return to SCEGGS at the conclusion of the senior debates. The Archdale season begins on Tuesday 11 May.

Imogen Harper
Debating Co-ordinator