This has been a great first half of term and wonderful to see the progress made by our groups. On skills we have looked at body language, speaking with conviction and pre-empting the opposition/proposition, and how to analyse unseen work. For warm-up questions we have covered core interview questions along with philosophical thinking questions, including for examples: 'what is your favourite subject and why?'; 'who is your favourite fictional character and why?'; 'what is your new year's...

The St Philip’s group has continued to make tremendous progress this first half of term. On skills this week we focussed on rebuttal, linking this with active listening and the importance of speaking with conviction of our previous week, as well as key body language skills. Our warm-up questions included: ·         ‘If you could write a book, what would it be about and why?’ (detective fiction, the world of magic – Harry Potter/Tolkien, action books, books focussed on nature and sporting...

It has been a delight to see the continued progress of the group this first half of term. On skills this week we focussed on rebuttal, linking this with active listening and the importance of speaking with conviction. Our warm-up questions included: ·         ‘What do you enjoy most at your current school?’ ·         ‘Do you play any musical instruments?’ (piano, drums, and recorder all featured) ·         ‘If you could write a book, what would it be about and why?’ (personal reflections,...