This was another great session.
Our skill focus this week looked at Team work - with a view to our Socratic Debating Grading Certification and Competition.
Our newsround saw reference to the T20 cricket world cup and approaching West Indies / England game, the Euros, the UK General Election, and Trooping the Colour - with Charles III's two birthdays.
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 a super discussion - with responses centring on tradition, cost, the writing industry and jobs, climate/deforestation points, and writing as a key life skill.
Our main debate looked at the motion:
'This House would make cooking classes compulsory in school'.
In voting, the group began by supporting the idea of cooking classes as an option within the curriculum as a compulsory option. However, as the session moved on this split to 50/50 with concerns as to the cost of this and the idea that the curriculum was already stretched and Mathematics, Science and English should have a priority.
We also asked whether all schools should have a pet - and whether Elon Musk's $56bn pay deal was appropriate. In each discussion we saw mature and sophisticated responses. Well done!
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