Debating league update
LOWER SECONDARY
Congratulations to King Khaled’s Minions (Bratislava) and BISH Bulldogs
(Houston) who have stormed to the top of the leader boards with scores of
35 out of 50 and 40 out of 50 after round 1 in the debating league.
How did your team do? Feedback is now available online so you can find
out how to improve for the next round.
The Round 2 motions are:
Lower secondary
‘Space tourism is worth the risk’
Upper secondary
‘Volunteer tourists do more harm than good’
Go online to find out which side your team is arguing and prepare your
opening statements for Monday 19 January! Don’t forget that if you’re not
in a Debating League team, you can still try your hand at our For and
Against debates.
The next one starts on Monday 19 January and the motion is ‘Adverts
that target children under 13 should be banned’.
Online course success
Congratulations to all of the students who have successfully completed
our first online course.‘We choose to go the Moon’: how America won
the Space Race.
Position
1
2
3
4
5
=6
=6
8
=9
=9
Team name
Score (/50)
King Khaled’s Minions (Bratislava)
Bratislava Flames
Madinat Mavericks
Hong Kong 1
Bratislava 5
Chicago 2
The Bratislava Vanquishers
Brain Busters of LCIS
Shunyi 1
Bratislava 4
35
34
30
29
27
26
26
25
24
24
UPPER SECONDARY
Position
1
2
3
4
5
=6
=6
8
9
=10
=10
Dr Sophia Woodley, social historian and the course tutor, praised the effort and
enthusiasm of all participants and selected three students who submitted particularly
high quality work:
Team name
Score (/50)
BISH Bulldogs (Houston) 40
Bratislava 2
35
Bratislava 3
31
Guangzhou 3
30
Bratislava 1
29
Bratislava 4
27
Guangzhou 2
27
Collège Champittet 3
25
Shunyi 1
23
Collège Champittet 1
21
The League of Gentlemen (Guangzhou) 21
young
journalists’
In partnership
with
Sarah Culhane (La Côte International School)
Chloe Gershon (British International School of Houston)
Lokesh Pugalenthi (British International School of Houston)
If you’re interested in learning more about the Space Race, several of the
films from the course are available to view in New Horizons.
academy
Breaking news Young
Journalists’ Academy
participants announced
Did you know?
Learning online can prepare you for university by
helping you become a confident and capable
independent learner, and also teaching you
online research and communication tools.
Our Academy participants have been chosen! Go online to see
if you secured a place on this exclusive programme for aspiring
newsmakers. The Academy offers first hand journalistic experience,
mentoring from experienced and respected journalists plus the
opportunity to complete a current affairs project. We’ll be following
the progress of Academy students over the coming months, so watch
this space.
If you’re not part of the Academy, you can still complete the
masterclasses and related challenges to hone your skills and be in with a
chance of getting feedback on your writing from professional journalists.