{"id":12333,"date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abingdon.prod.twkmedia.eu\/prep\/2016\/03\/15\/oratory-school-prep-schools-debating-competition\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T12:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:06:05","slug":"oratory-school-prep-schools-debating-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/oratory-school-prep-schools-debating-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Oratory School Prep Schools\u2019 Debating Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>15 March 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Today Hugo&nbsp;and Joshua&nbsp;from Year 6 and Joseph&nbsp;from Year 5 took part in the &#39;Let&#39;s Debate&#39; Prep Schools&#39; Debating Competition at Oratory School. After taking part in morning workshops focussing on public speaking and debating skills, they then were given a motion and prepared their speeches in the Library at Oratory. Competing against 11 other schools from across the South East, they opposed the motion &#39;This House believes that computer gaming is good for children&#39;. Their debate took place in the Black Room at Oratory,&nbsp;where J.R.R&nbsp;Tolkien&nbsp;is said to have written part of &#39;Lord of The Rings&#39;. After defending their position by&nbsp;responding to questions from&nbsp;the floor, the team were judged as the overall winners of the competition. 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