In debating news, our Year 6 students have participated in two vigorous debates in the last fortnight. Our first opponents were Holy Family Primary School, hosted by Holy Trinity in week 7. The topic of the debate was, 'Single use plastic bags should no longer be sold', and our team were the affirmative.

Both schools presented some strong arguments but the negative team took out the win. Congratulations to Valentina, Ava and Emily Rogers, you all did a terrific job and were gracious in defeat!

This week's debate was hosted by St Anthony's Primary School where our team argued against the topic, 'Mobile phones should be banned in all schools up to Year 12'. Amy, Abby and Jess received some constructive feedback from the Mackillop College adjudicators after presenting some convincing points. Our girls received a participation award for their efforts.

We are looking forward to our final debate next week, when we will visit St Francis of Assissi and argue against the topic, 'Technology is making people dumb'.

Ms TL