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Primary 3, Primary 4

P4/3 debate

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We would like to restore harmony to our playground during lunch and play time. We have had a few complaints about arguments breaking out over football and it became such a big problem that we have decided to take action! We are in 2 camps – For banning football and for keeping football. Our action plan was to

  • Discuss our reasons for what we believe
  •  Write a statement to present our argument to the P1 and P2 classes, Mrs Gibson and Mrs Kerr
  • Create a campaign using persuasive posters and leaflets to support our cause
  • Take a vote and stick to the results until the end of term.

Our debating team FOR football (to which McKenzie became the natural leader)

  • It would make people sad if football was banned and they’d have nothing to do (Cate)
  • If your dream is to be a footballer or a gymnast you might fail if you can’t practise (Payton)
  • It’s not fair for people who want to play (Kayla Sinnet)
  • In my perspective it should stay because it’s fun and healthy (Cate)
  • It’s one of the fittest sports (McKenzie)

Solutions:

  • We should do what the big end do and play on different days (Kayla Swan)
  • We can make up our own rules (Kimberley)
  • I think the school should get astro turf so there are less injuries (Jayden)
  • P1 &P2 can play against P3 (Jayden)
  • Teachers should pick the teams (Kayla Sinnet)

Our debating team AGAINST football:

  • I feel football should be banned because people argue about which team won (Abbey)
  • I think people keep on getting hurt too much (Ben)
  • I think the ball goes out the pitch a lot and hits people. There is a lot of shouting (Scot)
  • Ban football because it’s very noisy when people play football and if someone who wasn’t playing got hurt no one would notice (Brendan)
  • I think football should be banned because players shout at other players and make up their own rules about free kicks, teams and penatlies (Aiden)
  • I am sure that there are more games when there are arguments (than no arguments) enjoying the game (Sam)

 

Watch this space for the conclusion!!

Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 6

Primary 3 and Primary 5/6 start debating

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Primary 3 and Primary 5/6 have joined together this term to debate.

We discussed what a debate is, how they work and what different language we can use when we are debating and some of the rules.

We started with designing our debating tshirts in pairs so that we can use them in the “washing line” debate next week.

Watch this space for our first debating topic.

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The Big Debate

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Today pupils in P6/5 and P7 from Greenrigg were joined by pupils in the debating team from Stoneyburn. During the day they were working on different skills linked to debating. In the afternoon a group of pupils participated in a debate for other pupils including pupils in p3/4 who were invited to watch.

The motion of the debate was ‘All children get a free school lunch’. Both sides presented their arguments and then questions were invited from the audience. Overall the proposition won.

The debating team had prepared great speeches to support their side.

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

P6/5 and P7 debate

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Today, P7 came to teach us all about debating.

We found out that we have to use persuasive language to get our points across and different phrases when we are debating. We learnt that we have to be polite rather than argue with the opposition.

We had 2  different debates.

We debated that the school day should be longer. This was in the news yesterday so we found it a relevant topic to debate and talk about. The “agree” team found it difficult to think of reasons why but did a fantastic job to try and persuade Miss Cooke to agree with them.

Our second debate was that jobs are paid what they are worth. We had lots of different points and opinions and felt that this debate could have gone on for a while.

Miss Cooke and Miss Wickerson were very proud with how we debated.

We are going to get together next week to continue to work on our debating skills.