20 Feb 2025
Congratulations to our Stage 6 Premier's Debating Challenge team of Year 11 students Lilith, Anisha, Isaac and Annacemone who defeated Katoomba High School in Round 1. The debate topic ‘all high schools should be split into junior and senior campuses’ with our Plumpton Team taking the negative side of the debate.
Plumpton’s High Performing Gifted Education (HPGE) Debating program has evolved recently with great success in 2024 with Annacemone being selected at the State level for her debating and teams experiencing great success under the tutelage of Ms Dixon and Ms Matthews. The HPGE Debating program is one of 14 such programs at the school lead by expert teachers in their specific fields.
https://plumpton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/.../HPGE_Book_2025.pdf
Ms Alice Dixon, Head Teacher Mentor leads the Debating program Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English, History and Anthropology, Master of Teaching in Secondary Education from Sydney University. As a school and university student, Ms Dixon competed in debating and public speaking competitions. At university, Ms Dixon was a member of the Sydney Uni varsity team, competing at national and international tournaments as both a speaker and adjudicator.
Once again congratulations to the team and we look forward to hearing more from the debating season as our whole team of junior and senior debaters begin their respective competitions.
Tim Lloyd, Principal
