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Debating for the Australian Curriculum: English
Date Posted: 29 January
2012
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The introduction of the Australian Curriculum in schools presents an exciting opportunity for teachers to engage their students in debating.
Suitable for teachers of Years 5 to 10 this practical hands-on workshop will provide participants with the skills and resources necessary to implement debating as a classroom unit which addresses aspects of the Australian Curriculum: English.
[Read more...]
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2012 Calendar of Events
Date Posted: 20 November
2011
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The calendar for 2012 is available for viewing here.
The debating venues for 2012 are as follows:
Tuesday evenings: Pembroke Senior School and
Pulteney Grammar School.
Wednesday evenings: Adelaide High School
Thursday evenings: Grange Schools and
Nazareth Catholic College, Flinders Park.
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2011 Awards Ceremony at Government House
Date Posted: 25 September
2011
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On Friday 4 November 2011, 5-6pm His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA and
Mrs Scarce will host a reception at Government House for the presentation of awards of the 2011 Schools' Competition.
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2011 Schools' Competition Winners
Date Posted: 24 September
2011
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The Grand Finals were held on Saturday 24 September 2011 in
The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
Congratulations to the following schools:
Year 8: Westminster School
Year 9: Glenunga International High School
Year 10: St John's Grammar School
Senior: Glenunga International High School
Open: Australian Science & Mathematics School The complete list of winners and runners up is available here.
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Grand Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 10 September
2011
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The Grand Finals draw is now available here. Alternatively qualifying teams can type their team name in the yellow box (on the main page) to retrieve information relevant to their team.
Debates will commence at the following times:
Year 8: 10:00am
Year 9: 11:00am
Year 10: 12:00pm
Senior: 2:00pm
Open: 3:30pm
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Semi Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 3 September
2011
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The Semi Finals draw is now available here. Alternatively qualifying teams can type their team name in the yellow box (on the main page) to retrieve information relevant to their team.
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2011 Quarter Finals Teams Announced
Date Posted: 26 August
2011
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We are delighted to announce that the teams which have qualified for the 2011 Quarter Finals are available here. The Quarter Finals draw is available here.
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Newsletter Issue 5 now available
Date Posted: 21 August
2011
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The fifth and final issue of The Debater for 2011 is available here.
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2011 Finals Information Now Available
Date Posted: 14 August
2011
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We are delighted to announce that information regarding the 2011 Finals Series is available here in PDF form. Topics are available here. Qualifying finals teams will be available from Friday 26 August 2011.
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Round 4 Team Rankings to date now available
Date Posted: 7 August
2011
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The team rankings for Round 4 to date are available here. The remaining rankings will be added as the round progresses and as the postponed debates occur.
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Newsletter Issue 4 now available
Date Posted: 31 July
2011
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The fourth issue of The Debater for 2011 is available here.
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2011 Crazy Hair Round Winners
Date Posted: 31 July
2011
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The winners and runners up of the 2011 Crazy Hair Round Competition can be viewed here.
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Debater on Triple M The Hot Breakfast
Date Posted: 14 July
2011
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Emily Hendrikx, debater at Glenunga International High School was interviewed by Triple M's Warren Tredrea.
[Read more...]
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Round 3 Team Rankings to date now available
Date Posted: 4 July
2011
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The team rankings for Round 3 to date are available here. The remaining rankings will be added as the round progresses and as the postponed debates occur.
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Newsletter Issue 3 now available
Date Posted: 20 June
2011
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The third issue of The Debater for 2011 is available here.
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Round 2 Team Rankings Now Available
Date Posted: 16 June
2011
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The team rankings for Round 2 are available here.
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Round 2 Team Rankings to date now available
Date Posted: 11 June
2011
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The team rankings for Round 2 to date are available here. The remaining rankings will be added as the round progresses.
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Newsletter Issue 2 now available
Date Posted: 30 May
2011
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The second issue of The Debater for 2011 is available here.
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Newsletter Issue 1 now available
Date Posted: 25 May
2011
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The first issue of The Debater for 2011 is available here.
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Round 1 Team Rankings to date now available
Date Posted: 14 May
2011
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The team rankings for Round 1 to date are available here. The remaining rankings will be added as the round progresses.
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2011 Season Information is now available
Date Posted: 20 March
2011
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The 2011 topic and draw information is now available. Topics are available here and draw information here.
Alternatively type your team name in the yellow box above (on the home page) to retrieve relevant side and topic information.
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Debating SA Lapel Pins
Date Posted: 18 March
2011
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A great memento for debaters these lapel pins are available for purchase. An order form is available here or the pins can be purchased at debating events.
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2011 Schools' Competition and Training Registration Open
Date Posted: 23 January
2011
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2010 Schools' Competition Winners
Date Posted: 20 September
2010
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The Grand Finals were held on Saturday 18 September 2010 in
The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
Congratulations to the following schools:
Year 8: Glenunga International High School
Year 9: St John's Grammar School
Year 10: Pembroke School
Senior: Scotch College
Open: Pembroke School The complete list of winners and runners up is available here.
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Grand Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 4 September
2010
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The Grand Finals draw is now available here. Alternatively qualifying teams can type their team name in the yellow box (on the main page) to retrieve information relevant to their team.
Debates will commence at the following times:
Year 8: 10:00am
Year 9: 11:00am
Year 10: 12:00pm
Senior: 2:00pm
Open: 3:30pm
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Semi Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 28 August
2010
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The Semi Finals draw is now available here. Alternatively qualifying teams can type their team name in the yellow box (on the main page) to retrieve information relevant to their team.
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2010 Quarter Finals Teams Announced
Date Posted: 26 August
2010
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We are delighted to announce that the teams who have qualified for the 2010 Quarter Finals are available here.
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Participation Certificates
Date Posted: 21 August
2010
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Participation certificates for students who have participated in the 2010 Schools' Competition are available here (PDF).
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Newsletter Issue 5 now available
Date Posted: 15 August
2010
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The fifth and final issue of The Debater for 2010 is available here.
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Round 4 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 15 August
2010
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The team rankings for Round 4 are available here. Rankings for Finals Teams will be available from Friday 20 August 2010.
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2010 Finals Information Now Available
Date Posted: 13 August
2010
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We are delighted to announce that information regarding the 2010 Finals Series is available here. Topics are available here. Team rankings for Senior division qualifying teams are available here. Other team rankings will be released after the preliminary season concludes on Friday 20 August 2010.
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Newsletter Issue 4 now available
Date Posted: 1 August
2010
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The fourth issue of The Debater for 2010 is available here.
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2010 Crazy Hair Round Winners
Date Posted: 25 July
2010
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The winners and runners up of the 2010 Crazy Hair Round Competition can be viewed here.
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Advanced Coaching Workshop for Teachers
Date Posted: 28 June
2010
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We are holding a workshop for Primary School and Secondary School teachers to model best practice in the preparation of a debate. Information about the workshop is available here.
Registrations close: Monday 26 July 2010.
Workshop date: Monday 2 August 2010, 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
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Round 3 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 19 June
2010
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The team rankings for Round 3 are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 3 now available
Date Posted: 13 June
2010
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The third issue of The Debater for 2010 is available here.
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Round 2 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 27 May
2010
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The team rankings for Round 2 are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 2 now available
Date Posted: 16 May
2010
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The second issue of The Debater for 2010 is available here.
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Newsletter Issue 1 now available
Date Posted: 26 April
2010
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The first issue of The Debater for 2010 is available here.
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2010 Schools' Competition and Training Registration Open
Date Posted: 10 January
2010
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2010 Calendar of Events
Date Posted: 17 December
2009
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The calendar for 2010 is available for viewing here.
The debating venues for 2010 are as follows:
Tuesday evenings: Pembroke Senior School and
Pulteney Grammar School.
Wednesday evenings: Adelaide High School and
Unley High School.
Thursday evenings: Grange Schools and
Nazareth Catholic College, Flinders Park.
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2009 Awards Ceremony at Government House
Date Posted: 10 November
2009
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On Friday 6 November 2009 His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA and
Mrs Scarce hosted a reception at Government House for the presentation of awards for the winning and runner up teams as well as the Debater of the Year award recipients of the 2009 Schools' Competition.
[Read more...]
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2009 Schools' Competition Winners
Date Posted: 19 September
2009
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The Grand Finals were held on Saturday 19 September 2009 in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House.
Congratulations to the following schools:
Year 8: St John's Grammar School
Year 9: Pembroke School
Year 10: Pedare Christian College
Senior: Sacred Heart College Senior
Open: Pembroke School The complete list of winners and runner ups is available here.
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2009 Grand Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 12 September
2009
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The draw for the Grand Finals to be held on Saturday 19 September 2009 in The House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House can be viewed
here.
All teams are reminded to arrive at least 10 minutes before their scheduled debate time.
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2009 Semi Finals Draw Now Available
Date Posted: 6 September
2009
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The draw for the Semi Finals to be held on Saturday 12 September 2009 at Pembroke Senior School can be viewed here.
Senior and Open division teams are reminded to arrive 90 minutes before the scheduled debate time to receive the short preparation topic.
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2009 Quarter Finals Teams Announced
Date Posted: 26 August
2009
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We are delighted to announce that the teams who have qualified for the 2009 Quarter Finals are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 5 now available
Date Posted: 12 August
2009
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The fifth and final issue of the Debating SA Newsletter for 2009 is available here.
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Round 4 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 9 August
2009
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The team rankings for Round 4 are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 4 now available
Date Posted: 26 July
2009
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The fourth issue of the Debating SA Newsletter for 2009 is available here.
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Presentations at Government House
Date Posted: 21 July
2009
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We are delighted that His Excellency the Governor and Mrs Scarce have once again agreed to host a reception at Government House for the winning and runner up teams, as well as the best speakers in each division of the 2009 Schools' Competition.
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Round 3 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 27 June
2009
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The team rankings for Round 3 are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 3 now available
Date Posted: 17 June
2009
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The third issue of the Debating SA Newsletter for 2009 is available here.
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Round 2 Team Rankings now available
Date Posted: 4 June
2009
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The team rankings for Round 2 are available here.
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Newsletter Issue 2 now available
Date Posted: 26 May
2009
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The second issue of the Debating SA Newsletter for 2009 is available here.
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Join us for 2009...
Date Posted: 15 January
2009
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We warmly invite schools to enter teams in the 2009 Schools' Competition. Information is available here.
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2008 Awards Ceremony at Government House
Date Posted: 19 November
2008
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On Friday 31 October 2008 His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia as Patron of Debating SA and Mrs Scarce hosted a reception at Government House for the presentation of awards for the winning and runner up teams of the 2008 Debating SA Schools' Competition.
[Read more...]
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2008 Schools' Competition Winners
Date Posted: 20 September
2008
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Congratulations to the following schools:
Year 8: Pembroke School
Year 9: Aberfoyle Park High School
Year 10: Sacred Heart College Senior School
Senior: Adelaide High School
Open: Trinity College
The complete list of winners and runner ups is available here.
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The Official Debating Manual is now available
Date Posted: 27 April
2008
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The Official Debating Manual provides comprehensive and detailed guidance about the rules and technique of debating. Each Member School and team will receive a copy shortly.
Additional copies can be purchased for $5 at debating events, or a copy can be posted to you for $6. Please complete an order form (PDF) to place an order. The contents page of the Manual can be viewed here (PDF).
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