St Kitts International Academy Debating & Public Speaking Club - 30th September 2025

Further excellent progress this week. For skills we turned to summary speaking and the importance of style and tone.

Our warm-up questions asked:

‘Describe the internet to an ancient Egyptian’ &

‘Should we be polite to Alexa?’ (the majority voted in favour) &

‘What is your favourite type of music and why?’

In addition to a newsround featuring the United Nations and US Politics – we debated the motions/topics:

·         This House would ban contact sport

·         Why should we study history?

·         With the Bayeux Tapestry set to be loaned to UK after 900 years, we asked ‘is it safe to move such historical objects, and does seeing the real item make a difference, or can a replica or an online version work?’

In each case we voted before and after and it was great to see such nuance in the argumentation presented, not least over the study of history and what constitutes a safe sporting activity.

Very well done all!