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Up For Debate website launched

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 …

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Introducing Charlie Barnett, our new Senior Education Consultant

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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Laurence Jackson School are the first national champions of Up for Debate

After a truly wonderful day of debating at Eton College today, Laurence Jackson School are the first PiXL Up For Debate Champions. They reached the finals by arguing in debates on assisted suicide, increased use of referenda and whether sports starts are good role models. For the Grand Final debate, they proposed that university education …

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Final regional round of Up for Debate held at the University of Sunderland

The regional heats of the Noisy Classroom PiXL Up For Debate tournament are now all finished. Many thanks to Blundell’s School, Alleyn’s School, the University of Nottingham and the University of Sunderland for being wonderful hosts for our regional rounds. Congratulations to the eight teams who won through to the National Finals from rounds held …

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The Noisy Classroom join with the PiXL Club to launch Up for Debate programme

The PiXL Club is addressing oracy in schools and they starting by focusing on debating. This year the Noisy Classroom will work closely with them to pilot a new national schools debate programme, Up For Debate. The programme will involve training teachers, providing resources for using debate in the classroom and setting up debate clubs, …

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