Category: Debating
Elsie Cunliffe fights the corner of Sciences in the Stem vs Humanities Debate.
HUMANITIES OR SCIENCES? I admit, I am potentially bias towards science, which anyone who knows me would confirm within a heartbeat. I feel like I need to step up and defend S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects under fire from the enclosed article I came across. The article is very pro humanities and arts, […]
Chloe and Oscar win the Oswald Elliott Cup! Read about the debate and watch a video of Chloe debating!
On the 3rd July 2019, Stamford Endowed Schools had its first ever charity debate in support of the charity Mindspace and we managed to raise a total of £330 in for this charity. The charity debate was the idea of one of the current Debating Captains, Tom Watson, who chaired and planned the debate superbly. […]
Charlie blogs debating and the Brettle Horrocks-Taylor Cup 2019
Brettle Horrocks-Taylor Cup 2019 On Thursday 20th May 2019, seven Year 9 Stamford School students and four Year 10 Stamford High School students travelled to Uppingham School for the annual Brettle-Horrocks Taylor Cup. Students from local schools Uppingham, Oundle, Oakham and of course Stamford, competed in four evenly-contested debates. Hosted in the magnificent Lecture Theatre […]
Why Higher Income Tax doesn’t work. Winning ESU debate by Tom and Oscar.
This house would implement an upper rate of income tax of 70% on incomes over £5 million Ladies and Gentlemen, today my partner Oscar and I will be opposing the motion that “This house would implement an upper rate of income tax of 70% on incomes over £5 million”. I will be showing you why […]
Tom and Oscar blog on whether we should we ban the work of artists who have committed morally reprehensible acts?
Throughout history many masterpieces have been crafted by someone who has committed an act that could be seen as morally reprehensible – from either our modern-day perspective, or at the perspective of society’s moral outlook at that time. Yet does that mean that the art itself is morally reprehensible? Should art not be judged by […]
Charlotte Wren blogs about the #Metoo movement.
Who here feels as if they are directly affected by the MeToo movement? I’m guessing not many of you. It’s just something we see on social media and on the news, but we never really feel the direct effect of, especially living in our little Stamford bubble. What you may not realise, though, is that […]
THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT RUGBY SHOULD BE BANNED AS A SCHOOL SPORT! The blogged debate.
THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT RUGBY SHOULD BE BANNED AS A SCHOOL SPORT INTRODUCTION Hello, madam chair, opposition, judges and the rest of Year Nine. I am Jamie and this is my colleague, Charles. We are representing Radcliffe and proposing the motion, This house believes rugby should be banned as a school sport. SIGNPOSTING I will […]
ESU Debate: This House would ban the Sale and Consumption of Meat. Tom blogs the winning debate.
This House would ban the Sale and Consumption of Meat Tom and Oscar blog their winning debate, all credit to the Year 11 girls who held their own against their more experienced opponents (editor) 1stSpeech: Ladies and Gentlemen, today Tom and I will be opposing the motion, This House would ban the sale and consumption […]
Breanna blogs about the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Right or Wrong?
Medicinal Cannabis: The Debate. Why? Recently in the news, there has been the story running about “12-year-old Billy Caldwell to be treated with medicinal cannabis at home after emergency licence issued”. This is a story about a boy who suffered from a rare case of epilepsy. He was living in London, where he was being […]