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April Holiday Debating Camp for Y7-9

  • 5% Early Bird discount.
  • 5% discount for enrolling in multiple different subjects.
2025 April Holiday Debating Camp

Monday

Morning (2 hours)

  • Brief introduction: introducing the teacher, asking students about their debating experience, what they might like to focus on, what they’re unsure of
  • Advanced structure of practical arguments, or, how to actually prove things: the different kinds of reasons, impacting, weighing
  • Case writing, or, how to always come up with points: strategy and framing
  • Practice case preparation altogether

Afternoon (2 hours)

  • Practice debate (approx. 35 minutes prep time, 1hr debate time)
  • Adjudication and feedback (general and individual one-on-one)

Tuesday

Monring (2 hours)

  • Methods of rebuttal: diversifying techniques for disproving the opposition, and comprehensive structure of thematic rebuttal
  • Practicing rebuttal activity
  • Seminar on the intersection between ethical issues, social movements, and politics debates
  • Practice case preparation altogether
  • (Time permitting) Advanced analysis of stakeholders: rationality, decision-making, incentives, motivations, and characterisation
  • (Time permitting) Case study application of characterisation in economics debates

Afternoon (2 hours)

  • Practice debate (approx. 35 minutes prep time, 1hr debate time)
  • Adjudication and feedback (general and individual one-on-one)

Wednesday

Monring(2 hours)

  • Briefly reviewing progress: active recall
  • Final practice debate (approx. 35 minutes prep time, 1hr debate time)
  • Adjudication and feedback (general and individual one-on-one)

*** 30 minutes break between 11:30am-12pm on 21/04 and 22/04, food will be supplied during the break***