On Wednesday the 4th of May, the Year 7 Magdalene MISA Debating Team was accompanied by Miss Markoska and Miss Azzopardi to John Terry Catholic College for the Year 7 MISA Debating Training Day. We were joined by other High Schools from the Wollongong Diocese on the day and had a fantastic time. On the day, we were taught how to prepare for a debate, how to communicate effectively and work well in teams. We then had a chance to prepare a debate as a team and debate against another School on the topic “country life is better than city life”. Our team was the affirmative side which meant that we agreed with the topic. Lucia Vecchio was the first speaker, Kaizen Earl-Sawa was the second speaker, Sienna Micallef was our third speaker and Lacey Geary was the fourth speaker. Our team also included Giuseppina Vecchio and Sienna Vella who helped formulate ideas and arguments for the other girls' speeches. In the debate, our team competed against Mount Carmel Catholic College and fortunately we are proud to say that we won our first ever debate! To finish off this wonderful day, we were fortunate that John Therry's Year 9 MISA debating team gave us a demonstrated debate. Our Year 7 MISA debating team came back to School with so many new tips and tricks that we learnt and are ready to use in our next debate. We can’t wait for the competition to begin!

Written by Sienna Vella (7C).