Debates+for+SILVERatRosyth

DEBATES FOR SILVERATROSYTH

23 pupils attending the first session in preparation for this activity held on 22 May, from 3 to 6 pm at RiTz. Glendon and Shan Wei came down to conduct the training. While this was going on, Liren and Mrs Jeyathurai worked with the debate team that is preparing for their participation in the finals of GE Branch and HCI's Wits and Words Compeition to be held at ACS (I) on June 3.

Glendon and Shan Wei took the P5 pupils from P5 R, V and Adv through the structures of debates, the job descriptions of the various speakers and other procedures of a debate. Aftet the training, Shan Wei, Glendon and Jarret formed the opposition to debate against the school team for the Wits and Words Finals. The session provided the opportunity for the debate team to use the materials they have prepared and at the same time see how their opponents presented their views. The P5s as audience could learn from the debators how to present their case, rebut and handle POIs, among other things.

PRELIMINARY SESSION On Monday, the P5 pupils would have the chance to debate in teams of 4. They were given a motion on Friday itself and would have the weekend to prepare. From 1 to 2 pm, the pupils would have time to prepare as teams and from 2 to 3 pm or so, the debates would be conducted. These will be video-taped and the seniors (trainers) will have the chance to go through the videos subsequently.

DEBATE FINALS ON 4 JULY 09 From this, the final speakers will be picked for the final debates on 4 July. THESE HAVE BEEN SLATED FOR 2 TO 4 PM so do sign up if you want to attend ROSYTH DEBATE FINALS. To prepare for these debate finals, we would appreciate seniors (Secondary students) to volunteer to train our pupils.

Debators from our school's debate finals will be picked for this year's RI Primary Schools Debate Invitationals!

Mrs Esther Koh