{"id":8142,"date":"2023-08-22T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=8142"},"modified":"2023-08-22T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:50:07","slug":"ipsha-debating-gala-day","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/ipsha-debating-gala-day\/","title":{"rendered":"IPSHA Debating Gala Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday 8\u00a0<\/sup>August we saw some of our debaters compete in the IPSHA Debating Gala Day held at Tara Anglican School.\u00a0The topics were :\u00a0That we should require all schools to have a student-maintained vegetable garden\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0That team sports are better than individual sports.<\/em>\u00a0We are immensely proud of their commitment and hard work in preparing themselves for the debates as well as the way they cooperated and worked well together on the day.\u00a0 Here are the students’ reflections of the day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I really enjoyed the Debating Gala Day.\u00a0 It was a memorable experience at Tara Anglican School, they were organised, friendly and welcoming.\u00a0 The debates were challenging and intriguing.\u00a0 This Gala Day was a great opportunity to learn new skills and receive feedback.\u00a0 Overall, this was an unforgettable experience that I would gladly do again.<\/p>\nMadison Taouk<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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I enjoyed making new friends and meeting students from a variety of schools. We did well with our rebuttals and have all improved. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.<\/p>\nLucinda Oong<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The IPSHA Debating Gala Day was exciting and full of friendship.\u00a0 It is something I will never forget.\u00a0 I participated in both the negative and affirmative debates.\u00a0 It was a good experience to meet new students and receive personal feedback from the adjudicators.\u00a0 All the schools were friendly, and I hope to experience more Debating Gala Days.<\/p>\nStefania Zanin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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We had the immense privilege of participating in the IPSHA Debating Gala Day.\u00a0 A definite highlight was building and improving our teamwork as well as our debating skills.\u00a0 It was an extremely enjoyable learning experience where we also got to connect with others, bonding through a shared interest, and also learning from each other.\u00a0 Ultimately, this day was a great opportunity to acquire new knowledge proving useful for future debates to which I very much look forward.<\/p>\nEmilia Srdanovic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The IPSHA Debating Gala Day was a very memorable and challenging day where we needed to use our thinking skills.\u00a0These helped us in our many other debates.\u00a0Our debating teams felt welcomed as the students at Tara were friendly and hospitable.<\/p>\nOvilia Chamoun<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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I enjoyed the IPSHA Debating Gala Day since it challenged my thinking, and I learned many things.\u00a0 A highlight of the day was to meet all the students from different schools as well as versing other schools.\u00a0 The debates gave us an opportunity to see how they competed and what their arguments were.<\/p>\nMichelle Ho<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The IPSHA Debating Gala Day was very enjoyable and challenging.\u00a0We accomplished so much and improved in many areas, building our teamwork skills.<\/p>\nJorja Matthews<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday 8\u00a0August we saw some of our debaters compete in the IPSHA Debating Gala Day held at Tara Anglican School.\u00a0The topics were :\u00a0That we should require all schools to have a student-maintained vegetable garden\u00a0and\u00a0That team sports are better than individual sports.\u00a0We are immensely proud of their commitment and hard work in preparing themselves for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8142","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-gioia-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=8142"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=8142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}