PiXL Primary Conference January 16th 2020
‘A Better Future and a Brighter Hope’ Through the Power of Debate!
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Teachers are Up For Debate!
The first three teacher CPD sessions for this year’s Up For Debate Programme have happened in London, Peterborough and Manchester. Enthusiastic teachers shared ideas and increased their skills and understanding of curricular and co-curricular debating. There are still spaces on the next two sessions in Birmingham on 11 December and in London on 21 January. …
Up For Debate 2019-2020: Registration open
Calling all PiXL Club Schools! Registration is open for this’s Up For Debate programme. Schools who sign up will receive: Access to the website with its scheme of work for teaching debate and extensive resources for debate clubs and using debating across the curriculum A CPD day from a choice of dates across the country …
Up For Debate Finals Day 2019
On Wednesday July 10th, the 8 finalist schools in the PiXL Up For Debate competition gathered in London to compete to become winners of this year’s competition. The national final was kindly hosted by Queen Mary University London and during the preliminary rounds the finalists debated a variety of topics, ranging from whether the UK …
Global Economics Debating Day at New College of the Humanities
On 19 June, sixth form students from around the country attended our first sixth form Academic Debate Day run with the PiXL Club (www.pixl.org.uk), at the New College of the Humanities (www.nchlondon.ac.uk). Students studying A Level Geography and Economics came together for a day which included: a lecture on development aid from the Economics faculty …
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PiXL Up For Debate Regional Championships 2019 are off to a great start
The PiXL Up For Debate Regional Championships are underway. We have held rounds in Newbury, York, and London, and after Easter we have rounds in Nottingham and Northampton. Over 200 schools entered the competition, but only 8 will go through to the masterclasses and finals day. Teams have debated a wide variety of topics, including banning …
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Economics Debating Day at New College of the Humanities
Registration is opening for PiXL Schools for a day of academic debating at New College of the Humanities in London on 19 June 2019. Year 12 students studying economics A Level, those interested in studying economics or PPE at University, or those looking to improve their debating skills and current affairs are welcome to attend …
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PiXL Six are Up For Debate
We are very excited that after three successful years of running Up For Debate with KS3 students, we are now expanding the programme into KS5. Debbie has already been offering debate training to teachers through the PiXL network of conferences and there will be more to come. In addition, Noisy Classroom is currently developing resources …
PiXL Up For Debate 2018-19 has started!
Today we ran our first teacher CPD of the new academic year for the PiXL Up For Debate Programme. Enthusiasm was high at Westminster Central Hall and we are looking forward to running 5 more sessions across the country, with the next one in Cardiff. PiXL schools who sign up to Up For Debate receive …
Up For Debate Finals Day 2018
On Wednesday July 11th, the 8 finalist schools in the PiXL Up For Debate competition gathered in Oxford to compete to become winners of this year’s competition. The preliminary rounds were kindly hosted by Jesus College and finalists debated a variety of topics, ranging from whether non-violent offenders should be imprisoned, to whether teacher’s should …