PiXL Up For Debate is back after a short Easter break. The third heat of the competition took place at Alleyn’s School in London today. Teams debated the two prepared topics, international adoption and music censorship, before debating banning plastic surgery in the impromptu round. King Edward IV and St Ursula’s battled it out in …
The second heat of PiXL Up For Debate took place at Blundell’s School in Tiverton today. Teams debated the two prepared topics, international adoption and music censorship, before debating banning animal testing in the final impromptu round. Cardinal Newman Pontypridd and Frome Community College were the two teams in the regional final. They debated whether or …
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 …
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 …
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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The Noisy Classroom are delighted to welcome back Alice Coombes Huntley to the team after a year’s break where Alice was reading a Masters in English at Oxford University. Alice now takes on the new role of Head of Programmes, which will include managing the national PiXL Up For Debate programme. Alice will be based …
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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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