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DEBATE TOURNAMENTS IN ENGLISH, FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION:

This Tournament is an excellent opportunity for students to get involved in the world of debating, and to get them to develop their Critical Thinking skills, as well as their Oracy.

By starting to teach them on how to debate since they are in Primary Education, and mantaining the continuity of the Tournaments in Secondary Education, we will help them to develop these essential skills.

What are the objectives?

• To foster collective learning. 

• To develop critical thinking in students, awakening their curiosity and making them question approaches, while generating their own point of view.

• To  activate and enhance their communication skills.

• To convey important values such as mutual respect, active listening, empathy and sportsmanship in competition. 

• To analyse subjects of interest and/or current affairs.

• To make them able to build their own opinion on certain subjects.

• To promote their autonomy, and their freedom of speech and thought.

Who is it for?

• Public and Concerted schools in the Comunidad Foral of Navarra (PALE and not PALE)

• Category A: Students in 5th and 6th of Primary Education. Motion in 2024-25 "Schools uniforms are good for students".

• Category B: Students in 1st and 2nd of ESO. Motion in 2024-25 : "All students should have 10 minutes of homework per main subject per day".

• Category C: Students in 3rd and 4th of ESO. Motion in 2024-25 : "All students should have 10 minutes of homework per main subject per day".

Dates for 2025-26

• Category A: It is estimated that it will be held on Wednesday 10th of December 2025, in the morning.

• Category B: It is estimated that it will be held on Thursday 11th of December 2024, in the morning.

• Category C: It is estimated that it will be held on Friday 12th of December 2024, in the morning.

Debate subjects/Motions for 2025-26:

Category A, Primary: It will probably be “Dogs are better pets than cats”

Categories B & C, Secondary: It will probably be “Social Media should be forbidden for the under-16”

Debate training:

This year we have offered the courses on debates as part of the "Cursos sesidenciales para profesorado de lenguas extranjeras en verano", in Lekaroz.

Last year we offered:

• a 10-hour online course with CNAI
• a 5-hour face-to-face course with an expert from Concern Worldwide

Applications for 2025-26:

The application period for the next school year hasn´t opened yet. Once it opens in September, it will be published here.

Recognition for the teacher's labour:

The teachers responsible for the winning teams will be rewarded with a 1st and 2nd prize certificate. 

WINNERS 2024-25

Winners in Category A:                                                    Winners in Category B:                                            Winners in Category C:                                      

1st: CPEIP Juan de Palafox                                                1st: C. Con. Vedruna FEC                                          1st: IES Basoko BHI

2nd: C.Con. Nuestra Señora del Huerto                           2nd: IES Zizur BHI                                                      2nd: IES Zizur BHI

Best Speaker: Gonzalo Díez Llorens                                Best Speaker: Inés García de Olza                          Best Speaker: Irati Corominas de Garay