We have now finished all of the heats for the Cicero Cup. We have been so impressed with the quality of debate across all of the heats. It was a hard job for our judges to pick these eight teams to win their rounds: Broomfield House School St Stephen’s Primary Eaton Square Prep School St …
It has been a terrific experience to work with sixth-formers at five schools training them to be Debate Champions as part of a University of Northampton outreach project. The project also involved developing written and video resources that the students can use to become debate leaders in their schools. Good luck to all the schools …
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Yesterday pupils from Ibstock Place School, St Stephen’s Primary School, Bromfield House School, Garfield Primary School and Notting Hill and Ealing Junior School made debating history in the first ever heats of the first Cicero Cup! The standard of debate was superb as the teams addressed the motions “This house would abolish the monarchy” and …
We are looking forward to the first heats of the Cicero Cup next week. They are being hosted at Ibstock Place School and eight teams will debate for the chance to go through to the finals. All the teams will debate one prepared motion – either on abolishing the monarchy or on sending humans to …
We are excited to announce that registration is open for the second International Oratory Festival. This global online celebration of speech and drama was so joyful last year and we are looking forward to an even bigger and better event this year! Look out for our new categories – news reporting, Shakespearean sonnets and original …
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We are so excited to launch our new junior debating programme, the Cicero Cup! Aimed at students in years four-six, the programme includes workshops, resources, teacher training and new national junior debating championships. For more details and to register visit the Cicero Cup web page.
Over the last few years, Noisy Classroom has been part of an Erasmus project on Philosophy and Debate. This was such an interesting opportunity to learn from philosophy teachers about the role of debate in philosophy and to share our expertise on making debate work in the classroom. The project has now concluded and the following resources are available: A …
We have been busy running virtual courses in debating, public speaking and ESB preparation all summer. We love how easy it now is to work with students all around the world on zoom. We also run weekly courses during term times and intensive courses during other holidays so do get in touch if you’d like …
We are excited to be partnering with St Patrick’s RC High School in Manchester on their innovative transition project. Over the rest of the term we will be working with them and their partner primary schools, running debate workshops. This will be built upon next year with inter-school events and parent workshops. Debate challenges are …
We are so delighted to be running the Enfield Primary Debate Challenge again this year. Always one of our favourite Noisy events, this year we have ten schools involved. They will start this week with workshops from Heather and then go on to compete in a tournament, with the finals in July. Good luck to …
