Just a few weeks ago, the Big Mouth Club debaters competed in their final debate for the 2010 Premier’s Debating Challenge.
The topic was ‘Australia is heading in the right direction.’ Although it was a tricky topic, our debaters showed fantastic improvement in their speaking skills.

The debaters were given one hour to prepare their arguments all by themselves – not an easy task!
Although we didn’t get through to the next round, the debaters were eager to speak with the adjudicator to get some feedback. The adjudicator commended our debating team on their cohesiveness and manner, and said that our debaters did an amazing job in presenting an argument and then elaborating on it (which was a skill they had been working on for a while). It’s great to see that when you work hard to improve, others notice!

Congratulations and thank you for your participation and dedication Diala, Justin, Harry, Maryam and Farah! Your confidence, team work and speaking manner have developed and improved throughout the year. You have all given your time (including lots of lunch hours!) to pursue something that you enjoy.

A big thank you to our audience, chairperson and timekeeper  as well. Both the visiting teachers and the adjudicator told Ms Sallis and Ms Kelly that they were impressed with the attentiveness and manners shown by BSPS students.

Chairperson announcing the teams

First speaker off to a great start

Summing up the arguments

Getting some feedback. Look at how focused we are!