The Belmore South Debating Team have been working hard all year to improve their skills, knowledge and teamwork! This hard work was rewarded when the team won their recent debate against Punchbowl Primary School on the topic that school excursions should be banned!

Congratulations to every member of the team for helping Belmore South shine!

Our debaters are part of a developmental team which aims for every student to have a positive and enjoyable experience with public speaking. Our winning team had students from Year 3, 4 and 6. As the Adjudicator noted “if you can debate like this now imagine how great you will be when you are in Year 6!”

Following our debate one year three student reflected that:

“We have won the debate! They affirmative team had very hard arguments. They were very convincing! Our team worked together and I wanted to think about rebuttals to help my team mates. Our rebuttals helped us win! My first time sitting at the debating table at a different school made me nervous. However, when the adjudicator announced that we won I didn’t feel nervous anymore. I will be the first speaker at the next debate and I will not be nervous!”

At our recent Debating Workshop at Campsie Primary School students worked on developing the fundamental debating skills. One of our year six debaters reflected on the importance of  “being polite and always showing manners and good sportsmanship when debating”.

Well done debating team and good luck for your next debate on the topic that computer games do more harm than good!