18/06/2026
It has been a busy week for our debating teams, with both teams competing in their first debates ever as part of the Premier’s Debating Challenge, and our Year 6 team, South Has Spoken, winning both of their rounds!
On Tuesday, our Year 4/5 team, the Mouthy Southies argued the negative against the Goulburn Public Aura Farmers with the topic, "That all homework and assignments should be groupwork." The Mouthy Southies came up with some great arguments, but in a close-run debate, they didn't quite pull ahead of the affirmative.
Our Year 6 team, South has Spoken, debated Goulburn Public JASNAP, arguing the affirmative for the topic That primary school students should have a four day school week. South has Spoken presented some wonderful arguments and successfully rebutted most of JASNAP's arguments and they were awarded the debate!
On Wednesday, South has Spoken took part in their second debate, this one against Crookwell Public School. South has Spoken debated the negative of the topic "That kids should have to earn each hour of recreational screen time by doing an hour of exercise." In a very close debate with a lot of strong arguments and rebuttal from both sides, South has Spoken managed to just pull ahead to win the debate!