A grounding in debating
Youth Speaks: A Debate, another long-standing nationwide competition run by Rotary across the country, aims at giving young people an experience in debating and public speaking that will benefit them forever.
Teams are drawn from senior schools and, depending on their age, compete in junior, intermediate or senior categories. Each team has three members – chairperson, proposer and opposer – who have 15 minutes to debate a subject of the team’s choice.
The winners in each age group go forward to the district heat… and maybe to the cluster finals.
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Rotary Classics shine again
Harpenden townsfolk, along with many others from afar, spilled on to Harpenden Common last month for the 32nd annual Rotary in Harpenden Classics on the Common.
Their prize: the opportunity to marvel at the 800 sparkling classic cars, motorbikes and scooters, ranged across the common.
‘We all absolutely loved doing it,’ said the Dragons
That comment summed up how everyone felt at this year’s Dragons’ Den at High Beeches Primary School. The winning team had created handmade customised jewellery which the Dragons felt would really attract buyers at the school’s Summer Fair.
