Super debaters

2018 International Student Debating Grand Final

On the afternoon of Thursday 13th of September, the International Student “Super Debating Team” had a magnificent session. The topic was “Happiness is not just the mere possession of money”. Throughout the ‘heated’ debate, the students had thoroughly researched and presented their arguments well. The speakers from both teams demonstrated great English literacy confidence in their 2nd language! The audience was very impressed by the performance of our student speakers.  The affirmative team (Dao Phuong Dung PHAM, Xiaoxuan YE and Linh Tu NGUYEN) won the debating by 1 point!

This year the adjudicators were from the Northcote High School Public Speaking team. Thanks very much to Ms Haeyun EOM, Ms Ngoc Diep NGUYEN and Ms Ziyan LI for being so professional. Ms Huong An DO was the timekeeper. Thanks very much to Mr Martin Ramsay and Ms Jocelyn Hill for presenting certificates to the speakers.  They spoke of the importance of these opportunities to the future success of the students. Thanks very much to all the NHS international students for being a great audience!

Special thanks to Martin Ramsay for his absolute endeavour in organizing and training the international debating team throughout the year.

After the debating show, the NHS International Student Debating Team enjoyed a great dinner together in Pizza e Vino at High Street Northcote to celebrate their achievement. Assistant Principal, Jocelyn Hill, Martin Ramsay and staff from the International Student Office also attended the dinner to support our International Students. It was a very pleasant evening enjoyed by all!