MUM and dad might have mixed feelings about their young ones learning more "arguing" skills, but it has been paying off for a group of Parkview Public School students.
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The school's two debating teams have produced some outstanding performances in the round robin stages of the Premier's Debating Challenge.
The Parkview Cats squad of Josephine Irvin, Xavier Chilko, Lucy Gilmour, Arla Quigley and Kaed Harvie have progressed to the knockout stages of the competition following an unbeaten run through the group stage of the competition over the last two months.
With the competition forced online for 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions which prevented travel for adjudicators initiallu and, later in the competition students, the team has produced a series of impressive arguments to defeat talented opposition from Leeton Public School, Hanwood Public School and Tharbogang Public School.
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Next for the talented group is a knockout stages engagement with Deniliquin North Public School.
The team will contest the event when the current school and wider NSW lockdown period has concluded and is permitted to proceed.
The Premier's Debating Challenge is open to all NSW public schools, with the aim of developing the public speaking and reasoning skills of students from years 5 to 12.
Every debate in the challenge is a one-hour preparation debate.
Teams do not know the topic or which side of the debate they are on until one hour before the debate starts.
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