Two wins and one loss in this Round Robin stage of the 5th NESTA Primary Debating Competition - this may not be enough to have brought us to the next round, but our school's effort was stunning and highly satisfactory, in any case.
The NESTA Primary Debating Competition, which we reached the Finals last year, has a different game play this time (probably due to an increase in competitors). Four Round Robin groups were arranged where we were put in a strong group where DBSPS, St Margaret's Co Ed English Sec & Pri School and Immaculate Heart of Mary School were our fellow competitors.
Our school also took the challenge to host the Round Robin as well today (25 Feb) when six tight matches were held from 1 pm, with the motion "Learning English by Reading Storybooks is Better than Watching TV". The judges obviously did not have an easy time agreeing with one another for each match. Nevertheless, the result of today is as follows:
5th NESTA Primary Debating Competition - Round Robin (Group 3)
The NESTA Primary Debating Competition, which we reached the Finals last year, has a different game play this time (probably due to an increase in competitors). Four Round Robin groups were arranged where we were put in a strong group where DBSPS, St Margaret's Co Ed English Sec & Pri School and Immaculate Heart of Mary School were our fellow competitors.
Our school also took the challenge to host the Round Robin as well today (25 Feb) when six tight matches were held from 1 pm, with the motion "Learning English by Reading Storybooks is Better than Watching TV". The judges obviously did not have an easy time agreeing with one another for each match. Nevertheless, the result of today is as follows:
5th NESTA Primary Debating Competition - Round Robin (Group 3)
Only the winner of the group will advance to the next round. Yes, we are disappointed that we lost a close match, but the learning experience was fantastic for our competitors, audience, teachers and coaches. Our debating team must have gained a lot from the constructive comments and our competitors' performances today. I am also proud of our teaching staff, especially the English teaching team, which demonstrated seamless teamwork to facilitate almost perfect logistics in order to enable the four schools to do six matches overlapping school hours so smoothly.
One thing is sure - debating in YWPS has got a brilliant start and it will be an area to be further developed in the years to come. The fire in our boys' speeches this afternoon is still burning in my heart. We have won more than we expected today.
I sincerely thank our participating warriors (6E Ryan Keung, 6A Matthew Chan, 6B Issac Lee, 6B Tom Kwok, 6B Jason Chan, and 6E Isaac Yan) and our debating coach Mr Tam for the tremendous effort displayed.
Dr H C Lee
Panel Chair
One thing is sure - debating in YWPS has got a brilliant start and it will be an area to be further developed in the years to come. The fire in our boys' speeches this afternoon is still burning in my heart. We have won more than we expected today.
I sincerely thank our participating warriors (6E Ryan Keung, 6A Matthew Chan, 6B Issac Lee, 6B Tom Kwok, 6B Jason Chan, and 6E Isaac Yan) and our debating coach Mr Tam for the tremendous effort displayed.
Dr H C Lee
Panel Chair
