Annandale North competes in the Inner West Friendly Debating Competition during Terms 2 and 3 when they meet weekly before school to prepare for the debate.
This year the debating squad have participated in 6 debates over 18 weeks.
Mrs Ramrakha, Ms Holman and Ms Saba (the debating teachers) assist the children as they learn to to analyse questions, use their research to express their own ideas, speak to an audience in an engaging manner and perhaps most importantly, listen to the opposition so that they could frame effective rebuts. They also learn how to construct a persuasive paragraph using the PEEL (Point, Explanation, Example, Link) acronym.