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UoN Debating Club Celebration Day

Yesterday we ran a celebration day for the six schools taking part in the University of Northampton debating club project. We were so impressed to hear about how all the schools have taken steps to embed debating in their lessons and as an extra-curricular activity. The schools took part in a friendly competition, debating everything …

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UoN Debating Club

On Tuesday October 30th, in partnership with the University of Northampton, we worked with 6 local secondary schools to launch the UoN Debating Club. Six teachers and 30 students came for a day of introductory debating training, to help them set up their own debating clubs back at school. Alice worked with the teachers, to …

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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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