The first heat of PiXL Up For Debate took place at Northampton University today, with twenty-two teams taking part. They debated the two prepared topics, international adoption and music censorship, before debating banning zoos in the final impromptu round. Hinchingbrooke School and Manor High School battled it out in the final, debating whether parents or …
The first two heats of PiXL Up For Debate will take place next week in Tiverton and Northampton. Teams are busy preparing debates on international adoption and music censorship as well as practising for the all important impromptu round. The Noisy Classroom and PiXL teams can’t wait to see the results of all that hard …
The Noisy Classroom oracy project with the North Downs cluster is half way through. So far we have delivered student workshops and staff twilight CPD sessions in five primary schools with six more to go. In addition we have become regular visitors to the Beacon School where we have been running workshops for their year …
The 2017 World Speech Day will be taking place on Wednesday, March 15. Last year there were over 250 events in some 30 countries across the globe; this year events are planned to take place across 80 different countries! Each event involves some prepared speeches (lasting roughly 5 minutes) and also gives the audience the …
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s London Primary Debating Championships will be run in partnership with the New College of the Humanities. The finals on 11 July will take place in their impressive building in the heart of Bloomsbury. This will make it a truly special day for the pupils taking part.
Everyone at the Noisy Classroom and PiXL Edge are thrilled with the new website www.upfordebate.co.uk. As well as all of the resources that were previously available to PiXL Edge schools on Huddle there are new videos and resources to make delivering debating in the classroom and club easier than ever. It is free for all …
This February sees a new partnership for the Noisy Classroom with Cambridge International Academy. We will be running Debating workshops for students who are visiting Cambridge University from China and who are keen to sharpen their critical faculties ahead of university applications.
We are delighted to once again support the Enfield Primary Debate Challenge, run by Enfield Local Authority. We are running workshops for all the schools involved and judging the competition. Good luck to all the students and well done to the local authority for continuing to support oracy in schools.
Up for Debate 2016-17 is up and running! The new and improved scheme of work gives teachers more flexibility to tailor the activities for classroom and debate clubs and the new topics are both challenging and engaging. Teacher training will take place around the country next month with sessions in London, Exeter, Leeds and Birmingham. …
The Noisy Classroom are delighted to welcome Charlie Barnett to the team as Senior Education Advisor. Charlie is the Assistant Headteacher responsible for Academic Progress at Wensleydale School. He came to debating through the PiXL Up for Debate Programme last year and his school reached the national finals at Eton. Charlie immediately saw the classroom …
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