Eight students from Years 11-13 took part in a fiercely contested debating competing at the St Paul’s Girls’ School Women’s Open 2024.
Against stiff competition from over 100 students from 52 teams from 17 schools, Anna, Natalie, Xanthe, Alex, Izzie, Olivia, Elsa and Lora debated motions such as ‘This House, as the feminist movement, would advocate for 50% quotas of women in political office’, and ‘This House believes that online learning prepares students for their futures better than face-face learning’.
All the teams achieved success, coming either first or second in at least one of their opening rounds, while Anna and Natalie both broke first into the novice final where they debated ‘This House, as the environmental movement, would prioritise advocating for individual action over collective action’.
Debating Co-ordinator Miranda Solley said, “Our girls were extremely impressive, and all of them gave excellent, confident and fluent performances, undaunted by the competition. Each of them did Colfe’s proud, with particular congratulations to Natalie and Anna for breaking first into the novice final, and to Natalie who earned 6th place for best speaker for the day!”
