Yesterday, we took the bus to East Renfrewshire Council headquarters to participate in the Provost Debate.

Our Motion was, “should homework be banned?”

Once we arrived, we went into the debate chamber and the fun began! Whenever we wanted to address someone we had to call them Councillor and use their surname. Daniel and Jamie were the lead councillors for each of their side. Zaynah and Zipporah were the seconders.

We worked hard on our opposing and proposing arguments and the the final vote was for the motion (9 votes against, 10 votes for).

From this experience we have learned how to use our debating skills, write a persuasive argument and put across our point in an argument.

Overall it was a fun experience!