{"id":5067,"date":"2018-05-11T11:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/balornockprimary\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:01:52","slug":"time-to-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/balornockprimary\/2018\/05\/11\/time-to-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Debate!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week as part of our new Rainforest topic we were learning about deforestation. We looked specifically at the Amazon Rainforest and discovered that the size of 36 football pitches combined were being torn down every day!<\/p>\n

We looked at two sides of the deforestation argument. There was people for and against it. To show our learning we participated in a class debate by pretending we were on a television show.<\/p>\n

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“It was fun because you could keep arguing your point” – Ellisa<\/p>\n

“There was one side who were fighting to leave the trees alone” – Leah<\/p>\n

“You didn’t need to agree with the side you were arguing for but you had to know the facts” – Primary 4\/3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week as part of our new Rainforest topic we were learning about deforestation. We looked specifically at the Amazon Rainforest and discovered that the size of 36 football pitches combined were being torn down every day! We looked at two sides of the deforestation argument. There was people for and against it. To show our learning we participated in a class debate by pretending we were on a television<\/p>\n

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