Cambridge Union Schools' 2010
CLFS Teams Compete In Cambridge Union Schools’ Debate
Tuesday 9th November 2010 – Epsom College
Report by Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
Team A – Charlotte Fryer, Rebecca Howe
Team B – Abbie Bender, Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
Team C – Amelia Storr, Moya Smith
“Swing” – Catherine Sadler, Margaret Young
Mrs. Trehearn was delighted to send three teams plus a “swing” team to Epsom College on Tuesday 9th November to participate in this prestigious event. As many of the team members were new to debating most were nervous. However, the kind hospitality and atmosphere provided by Epsom College made everyone feel very welcome.
The motion for the pre-released debate was “This House would ban music that glorifies crime”. The unprepared motion, which proved a challenge to the new debaters, was: “This House would abolish faith schools.”
A notable performance came from first-time debater, Abbie Bender who later said, “it was a good experience and it increased my confidence as I was forced to do something outside of my comfort zone.”
Catherine Sadler and Margaret Young, our more experienced debaters, were required to debate alone in two separate teams, as a number of schools were under-represented. Both girls held themselves admirably in a challenging situation.
Overall, everyone enjoyed the evening and we look forward to the next competition.
Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
Tuesday 9th November 2010 – Epsom College
Report by Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
Team A – Charlotte Fryer, Rebecca Howe
Team B – Abbie Bender, Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
Team C – Amelia Storr, Moya Smith
“Swing” – Catherine Sadler, Margaret Young
Mrs. Trehearn was delighted to send three teams plus a “swing” team to Epsom College on Tuesday 9th November to participate in this prestigious event. As many of the team members were new to debating most were nervous. However, the kind hospitality and atmosphere provided by Epsom College made everyone feel very welcome.
The motion for the pre-released debate was “This House would ban music that glorifies crime”. The unprepared motion, which proved a challenge to the new debaters, was: “This House would abolish faith schools.”
A notable performance came from first-time debater, Abbie Bender who later said, “it was a good experience and it increased my confidence as I was forced to do something outside of my comfort zone.”
Catherine Sadler and Margaret Young, our more experienced debaters, were required to debate alone in two separate teams, as a number of schools were under-represented. Both girls held themselves admirably in a challenging situation.
Overall, everyone enjoyed the evening and we look forward to the next competition.
Chantal de Gaston-Cooper
IPS Debating Competition: CLFS novice team makes the final
Thursday, 7th October 2010
The IPS (Ibstock Place School) Debating Competition CLFS sent three teams to this competition.:
CLFS A Harry Househam and Gabbi Cox
CLFS B Ellie Riley and Louise Bluck
CLFS C Michael McKeiver and Daniel Sareen
They debated:
"This house would give employers the right to refuse to offer employment to smokers" Teams A and C came 2nd in their debates. Team B won their debate and went through to the final in which they debated:
"This house would make illegal any type of clothing that obscures the face"
The B team did admirably, especially considering this was their first ever competition. The final was won by the team from City of London School for Girls.
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UCL Juniors, 5th June 2010
We entered three teams of Lower 4 pupils into the UCL Junior Debating Competiton: CLFS A Rosie Shakerchi & Angus Gillan CLFS B Sam Strijdom & Tom Clarke CLFS C Ellie Turner & Rachel Dunne They debated: THW give all police firearms (CLFS A 1st place) THW ban all violent sports (CLFS C 1st place, CLFS A and B both 2nd place) THW ban advertisements aimed at children (CLFS C 2nd place) THW make payment of unemployment benefit conditional on community service (closed adjudication) The teams had a superb day in London and refused to be converted to Benthamites by the UCL students (hooray!) The tab will be uploaded to the DebSoc website as soon as it is released.
ICYD Finals Day, The Oxford Union,
15th May 2010
CLFS A Nikki Abbott & Harry Househam
CLFS B Rosie Shakerchi & Angus Gillan
The motions:
THW legalise all drugs
THW abolish faith schools
THW would make it a legal requirement for all adults to care for their elderly parents
The teams had a great day in beautiful, sunny Oxford. CLFS B debated in the Chamber and as the youngest team in the competition did very well. CLFS A won their final debate and Nikki placed mid-table in the speaker tab.
CLFS B Rosie Shakerchi & Angus Gillan
The motions:
THW legalise all drugs
THW abolish faith schools
THW would make it a legal requirement for all adults to care for their elderly parents
The teams had a great day in beautiful, sunny Oxford. CLFS B debated in the Chamber and as the youngest team in the competition did very well. CLFS A won their final debate and Nikki placed mid-table in the speaker tab.
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Annual CLFS Debating Dinner
On Tuesday 30th March, the annual CLFS debating dinner took place, celebrating a year of debating fun and tremendous successes.
We enjoyed heartfelt speeches from Mrs Trehearne, and our chair Laura, ‘played’ somewhat ridiculous debating games and of course ate lots of good food whilst gossiping heartily. Lots of fun and a great celebration! (see blog for debating game antics)
We enjoyed heartfelt speeches from Mrs Trehearne, and our chair Laura, ‘played’ somewhat ridiculous debating games and of course ate lots of good food whilst gossiping heartily. Lots of fun and a great celebration! (see blog for debating game antics)
Durham Schools', 20th-21st March 2010
Another great performance at Durham this year put CLFS 'A' just one point off breaking to the semi-finals.
PK & Kate place 20th out of 116 teams and tie on speaker points. See tab for full details...
PK & Kate place 20th out of 116 teams and tie on speaker points. See tab for full details...
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Oxford Union Finals Day, 13th March 2010
Hannah Kent & Laura Grayling (L6) at Oxford Union Schools Finals Day
Regional finalists Laura Grayling & Hannah Kent attended finals day this year. They placed first in two out of four of their debates:
"This house would require government to call a referendum before commencing a non-defensive war" and "This house would remove charitable status from organisations dedicated solely to animal welfare"
They placed mid-table by the end of the competition and were a credit to the school.
"This house would require government to call a referendum before commencing a non-defensive war" and "This house would remove charitable status from organisations dedicated solely to animal welfare"
They placed mid-table by the end of the competition and were a credit to the school.
