School level debating Our Schools Competition, which involves over 250 schools and more than 10,000 debaters, has been running since 1956. We also run a Junior Secondary Program targeted at Year 7 and 8 students, a British Parliamentary Debating Competition, primary school debates, and competitions in regional Victoria.

Program Format

Schools Competition Forms/Info Handbook Student safety By-Law Complaints Forfeits Code of Conduct Adjudicator interest form Participation certificates Competition Details Draws Dates/regions Ladders Topics Swannies Finals Venues Draw Resources Harangue Students' Mailing List Junior Secondary Program Forms/Info Program Format Fees Training Resources Dates/regions By-Law Complaints Forfeits Code of Conduct Participation certificates Competition Details Draws British Parliamentary Forms/Info Introduction Team roles Points of Information Results Competition Details Registration Regional Debating Forms/Info Information Mallee reg Border reg Warrnambool Goulburn Registration Competition Details Results

The Junior Secondary Program (JSP) is an introduction to debating for junior secondary students that provides training in the basic skills and structure of debating, and gives students an opportunity to do three ‘friendly’ debates. The JSP runs over four nights spaced about two weeks apart, running through August, September and October. The first night of the program is a Training Round. Students begin with a 45 minute session with a trainer from the DAV who will explain the basics of making and presenting a case, and responding to the other side. The debaters will then be broken into smaller groups for workshops involving a debating exercise and Q&A session about the basic skills of debating. The remaining three nights of the Program are debating nights, each of which includes a debate, and a debriefing session, extended adjudication or exhibition debate between some of the best debaters in the country. Outline of the nights Our program is designed to teach your students how to debate. It will do this through high quality training incorporating debating theory but focused on practical learning, culminating in three debates. Training Night: The initial training session will comprehensively cover an introduction to debating. This session will be supplemented by several activities which trainers coordinators will run in small groups. Start Time— Group A: 6:00PM Group B: 7:00PM Finish Time— Group A: 7:30PM Group B: 8:30PM Round 1: This night will include a debate in front of an experienced adjudicator, as well as an exhibition debate performed in front of both groups A and B, to provide practical examples of what the students are taught. Start Time— Group A: 6:00PM Group B: 7:00PM Finish Time— Group A: 7:45PM Group B: 8:30PM Round 2: This night will also include a debate, plus a debriefing from a senior DAV trainer. Start Time— Group A: 6:00PM Group B: 7:00PM Finish Time— Group A: 7:30PM Group B: 8:30PM Round 3: This night will have the final debate, and the adjudicator will provide extra feedback to round out the whole program. Start Time— Group A: 6:00PM Group B: 7:00PM Finish Time— Group A: 7:00PM Group B: 8:00PM

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