This was a great final session of term with our St Andrew's Debating & Interview Club.
Our skill focus this week looked at Team work - with a view to competitions next term and the importance of working together to maximise argumentation.
Our newsround saw reference to the General Election, the Euros, and the G7 hosted by Italy.
For our warm up we then turned to our interview style philosophical question with an emphasis on 'why'/justification?:
'Should we still write letters?'
This saw an excellent discussion - with responses centring on cost, the writing industry, climate/deforestation points, a key life skill, the special nature of handwritten letters, speed of modern technology (emails, texts etc.) and the wider learning points about forming letters in learning English.
Our main debate looked at the motion:
'This House would make cooking classes compulsory in school'.
The group divided roughly 1/3; 1/3; 1/3 on those in favour, those against and those undecided.
Many felt this was a life skill that helped with eating a healthy diet, and would be important in later life, beyond those looking for a career in the industry. Others liked the idea, but felt that the curriculum was already stretched and Mathematics, English and Science had priority over cooking.
It was very encouraging to see points being made on cost and the economy both in the debate and in our earlier discussion.
Well done on an excellent session - looking forward to next week!
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