Inter House Debate Competition
Classes 4-5
Debate competition provides a platform to the students conduct comprehensive research on the topic, gather supporting evidence, engage in collaborative learning and finally improve their communication skills.
An inter house debate competition was organized in Arwachin International School on 30.07.14 for classes 4 and 5.
The best and confident speakers were identified and were trained to debate for and against the given topic. The topic of the day was “Social Networking Sites are a boon”.
Each participant was given three minutes to either speak for or against the topic.
The audience was proactive in asking questions to the participants after their stipulated speaking time was over. The speakers displayed their perspective about the topic in the rebuttal round very confidently.
The participants were as follows:
Shastri House: Sneha Mishra (5 C) , Yash Gaur (5 C)
Tagore House: Tanisha Bhikhan (5 A) , Bhanavi Bhutani( 4 A)
Bose House: Mimansa Arora (5 B), Gauri. M (5 A)
Tilak House: Shashwat Aditya (5 B ), Vanshika BAliyan( 5 B)
Sneha Mishra was adjudged as the best debator and Shastri house was adjudged as the best house with 112.5 points.
Tagore house stood second with 105 points, Bose stood third with 97.5 points and Tilak house stood fourth with 90 points.
Mrs. Peter, Mrs. Siddharth and Mrs. Jain were the judges of the programme.
Mrs. Peter applauded the participants. The programme ended with the singing of the National Anthem.