Thirteen S5/6 pupils took part in the 21st North Lanarkshire International Conference. Over the past few weeks they have been researching information to participate in two debates about climate change and mass surveillance as a method of tackilng terrorism from the perspective of New Zealand. Today each secondary school in North Lanarkshire (each representing a different country) came together to debate each resolution. Although we did not win the award for best school, the pupils were a credit to Airdrie Academy and represented the school well. Comments were also made about how well they spoke and how good their arguments were in both debates!

The pupils who took part were Olivia McConville, Hayley Marmion, Sophie Landels, Morgan McLeod, Eilidh Montgomery, Cole Ainsworth, Marijus Kringelis, Eilidh Cowan, Chantelle Wallace, Kelsi Smith, Emma Mair, Aiden Gibb and Abbie Scott.