Language Arts

Debating

FED

Congratulations to Senior A FED who won their make-up round against Knox.

Tomorrow we have the first of the FED finals rounds at Pymble via Zoom. This week we heard that Years 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, Senior A and B have all progressed to finals rounds. Congratulations teams and coaches. Parents are welcome. These debates will be held in the Kate Mason Building. All must scan in and food will not be served. Masks are also highly recommended. Year 8 will be returning from camp and parents are asked to assist with ensuring debaters have their uniforms.

ISDA

Last week Years 8 and 9 ISDA had their Octofinal debate. Sadly, Year 8 was eliminated after a great season. Year 9 will now debate in the semi-finals next Friday. Congratulations. We have had seven out of our eight ISDA teams through to Finals Rounds! This Friday, we have Primary A and B, Year 7, Year 10 and Senior A debating. All debates are now back at Pymble and will be conducted via Zoom. Parents are welcome, but must scan in. Masks are optional for the Secondary debates, but are mandatory for Junior debates in the Junior School Library.

Archdale

The Archdale season commenced this week on Tuesday 11 May. Welcome to our new teams and coaches. Details, including the 2021 draw, have been sent and registrations should have been completed. The season commenced with face-to-face debates at Pymble. As Year 8 students were on camp, make-up debates will be organised for 8A and 8B teams and affected debaters and parents will be emailed alternate arrangements.

Timings for all Archdale are:

Training will occur prior to debates. There will be one to one-and-a-half hours prior to the debate and half an hour following the debate.

Farewell to Senior Debaters – High Tea

The farewell dinner planned for 11 June has been changed to Thursday 17 June and rather than a dinner, a High Tea at Avondale has been organised. Invitations will be sent to all debaters in Years 10, 11 and 12. It is hoped all Senior FED, Archdale and ISDA debaters will be able to join us at this fun event. We are pleased to also be inviting parents of Years 10, 11 and 12 debaters. After a year and a half of Zoom, we are looking forward to this special event.

PESA Public Speaking

Chloe Hoang performed at the Plain English Speaking competition at Normanhurst Boys’ High on Monday last week. She is now through to the Regional Finals at Lewisham on Tuesday 25 May. Congratulations Chloe. Chloe also performed at Abbotsleigh last night in the Rostrum Regionals. Well done, Chloe!

Mother’s Day Fundraiser

We hope all our mothers and grandmothers had a Happy Mother’s Day last Sunday and thank you to all who assisted with our Language Arts’ fundraiser. We sold many, many mugs and we hope you enjoy them!

Mock Trial

Well done to our Mock Trial team for a great first trial against Masada. Thank you to the team and coach, Mr Moynihan. The next Mock Trial is against Loreto Normanhurst on 25 May.

Mock Mediation

The next Mediation scenario has been released. The team is working hard to prepare their script.

Mrs Bronwyn Hubbard

Head of Language Arts