The Enfield Primary Debating Challenge is one of the oldest borough debating competitions in the UK and Noisy Classroom are delighted to support it every year. This term we have trained pupils from 12 primary schools in Enfield, and we were extremely impressed by the quality of ideas and expression on display. Now the schools …
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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We are pleased to invite UK schools to participate in this year’s UK round of the European Youth Debating Championships, hosted by King’s College London on 17 June 2019. This is a great opportunity for students to take part in the ongoing debate about the role of plastics in the future. The competition is free …
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The team at Noisy Classroom have been busy working with Cambridge Assessment International Education to create packs of oracy resources to support the IGSCE English Language. There are three packs covering debating, presentations and in-character oracy. All of the packs include lesson plans, worksheets and videos to give teachers everything they need to feel confident …
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The London primary debating championships are off to a great start. Enfield have started their heats and had a cracking semi-finals this week. Lambeth held a workshop for their primary schools last week, ably run by the debating society of Dunraven Senior School. The schools will come back at the end of March to compete. …
On January 29th we were excited to be part of The Big Children’s Shakespeare Debate and Performance, organised by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and held at Whitley Bay playhouse. The event was MC’ed by Michael Rosen and was a very special day. Pupils from Seaton Sluice Middle School and Whytrig Community Middle School took part …
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We are so pleased to be once again supporting the Enfield Primary Debating Challenge. This January eight schools came along to workshops to hone their debating skills with Noisy Classroom trainers, and they will meet again in February for the first round of the competition. The winners of the Enfield challenge will go on to …
This week Alice has been up in Newcastle, working with pupils from Seaton Sluice Middle School and Whytrig Community Middle School. As part of a project we are working on with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, each school took part in a full day ‘Debating Shakespeare’ workshop. The play in focus was Romeo and Juliet and …
On Monday November 12th we were at Minster Primary School in Wiltshire. Minster was running a ‘British values day’ and looking at the suffragettes and their legacy. We ran three workshops, for years 3, 4 and 5, debating some of the issues surrounding the suffragettes and political activism. Starting with the question ‘is it ever …
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 …
