15 Nov 2019
Quirindi High School year 7&8 Debate team are heading to the State Finals for the second year in a row.
The talented team placed in the top ten of the Premier’s Debating Challenge to be held in Sydney in week 8, 4-6 December.
This amazing accomplishment saw the team debate their way through the zone and regional competitions to win the Regional Finals on Tuesday.
There were 410 teams who entered this competition and only 10 teams remain to head to Sydney.
The debate on Tuesday was between Quirindi (Affirmative) and Peel High School (Negative) on… ‘that we should pay more to teachers when their students test results improve'.
It was an extremely close debate and the adjudicator, Mr Rob Lewis, was full of praise for the young debaters but said that the Quirindi team had the more consistent argument on the day.
The coach of the Quirindi team, Mrs Stenner, said that she was very excited to have teams in the State Finals for two years in a row.
“The students work hard and have continued to develop their skills throughout the competition. Only one member of the team this year was a member of last year’s State Finalist team so this shows the depth of debating at QHS.”