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Debating Finals The Junior and Senior debating finals took place on the last day of the summer term. The Junior Final was between Sophie Khaddaj and Anya Vaghani of Year 7 and Ishani Mehta and Raagavi Sivarajah of Year 8. The girls debated the motion, “This house would do away with school uniform.” Nicole Bilan and Hannah Rose as judges, together with
Gabriella Schuman as chair of proceedings, agreed that the final was closely fought. In the end, they awarded the cup to Raagavi and Ishani. In The Centre, the Senior debating final was between Maya Kateli and Zara Chowdhry for the opposition and Venusha Baskarathasan and Sophie Peters for the proposition. Their motion was, “This house believes that
single-sex schools are good for education”. Abigail Mowlem chaired proceedings, and we were very pleased to invite back from their post-A level holiday Shivani Ananth and Maya Raichoora to judge the Senior final. They judged Maya Kateli and Zara Chowdhry the winners of the Senior debating final. Mr Johnston