Thursday 18th May 2023
WALT: understand the impact deforestation can have both on the immediate environment and the wider world.
In our lesson today, we had a debate with the motion ‘we should stop the deforestation of our rainforests’. Not only did we have to research our own side to present a strong argument, but we also needed to research the opposing side to respond to the other team’s points.
This activity required us to:
- Work effectively as a team
- Gather evidence to support our points
- Deliver our findings verbally to an audience
- Listen and respond to opposing arguments
Here are some snippets of the debates – our opening and closing statements led by our team leaders. How fitting that it happened to be ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’ too!