In school, we had a debate about smuggling in Cornwall to see whether it was right or wrong. We split the class into two groups (for and against) to develop arguments against the other side. This debate went on for a while.
Thanks to Ruby and Kai (chairwoman and chairman) for controlling the debate, and the three speakers from each side; Gabe, Faith and Zak (against) and Poppy, Gabriel and Niamh (for).
Each side stated their opening arguments and it all went off with a BANG! It got very tense and there were a lot of different opinions. There were questions back and forth which really got the speakers to think about what they were debating. We could see that the speakers got confused at times and looked to the audience for support but overall they managed very well.
The end result was a draw. Miss Draper asked all members of the class if they were for or against smuggling before the debate and afterwards to see if anyone was persuaded to change their mind. Three people changed their vote from ‘against smuggling’ to ‘for smuggling’ after listening to the arguments from both sides. Miss Draper then asked the adults to vote following the debate which gave a result of 2-1 to the ‘Against Smuggling’ side. When we heard the results everyone celebrated.
We would like to thank the whole of class 6 for their effort in preparing for, and taking part in, the debate and Miss Draper for organsing the event. A video will be coming soon with some highlights.
Bloggers: Poppy, Dylan & Jack
Cameraman: Mr Hancock
Video Editors: Gabe, Niamh & Gabriel