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Full results of SSDC 2010

May 4, 2010

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DIVISION I

Champions:
Hwa Chong Institution

Runners-up:
Raffles Institution

Third-Place:
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Fourth-Place:
Catholic High School

Quarter-Finalists:
Methodist Girls’ School
Nanyang Girls’ High School
Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
St. Joseph’s Institution

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Raffles Debate Academy Under-14 Debate Championship 2010 [Registration]

May 2, 2010

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INVITATION TO THE RAFFLES UNDER-14 DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

The Raffles Debate Academy is pleased to invite your school to participate in the Raffles Under-14 Debate Championship 2010 (“the U14s”). This annual Championship provides Secondary One and Two Debaters an opportunity to demonstrate their talent in competitive debating, hopes to spur them on as they continue to pursue their passion in debating, and encourages healthy discourse in the moral, social, and political issues that confront us.

Details are as follows:

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MIDC 2010 Grand Finals: Results

April 30, 2010

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Champion Team: Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Runner Up: Hwa Chong Institution
Best Speaker for the Finals: Yeo En Fei Walter (ACS(I))

Video of the MIDC 2010 Grand Finals:

http://www.vimeo.com/11344206

Congratulations to all the teams (especially the winners) who took part!

The full results for the competition are:
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SSDC 2010: Div 2 and Div 3 Grand Finals on Fri 23rd Apr

April 21, 2010

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The Division II & III Grand Finals will be held on Friday 23 April 2010 at Nan Chiau High School, 20 Anchorvale Link from 6.00 p.m.

Division III Grand Final

Proposition: C.H.I.J. St. Joseph’s Convent
Opposition: Kent Ridge Secondary School
Motion: This House believes that the integrated programme school system creates more harm than good

Video of the Div 3 Finals:
http://www.vimeo.com/11400851

Division II Grand Final

Proposition: Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Opposition: St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School
Motion: This House believes that international sporting events are a waste of money

The debates are open to members of the public, although seating is limited and on a first-come basis. Thanks!

SSDC 2010: Semi Finalists announced!

April 12, 2010

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Congratulations to the following teams for making it through to the Semi Finals (to be held at RI this Friday 16th Apr evening):

Division I
ACS (Independent)
Hwa Chong Institution
Raffles Institution
Catholic High

Division II
ACS (Barker Road)
Bowen Secondary School
St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary
Chung Cheng High (Yishun)

Division III
ACS (International)
Bukit View Secondary School
Kent Ridge Secondary School
CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent

Wits & Words: Top 4 teams to face off on 21st April

April 9, 2010

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Wits & Words: Top 4 Teams
The Debating Association (Singapore) together with Gifted Education Branch, MOE and Hwa Chong institution jointly launched Wits & Words 2010, a national primary school debating competition, which saw 33 teams participating this year. Three preliminary rounds were held in Hwa Chong Institution since March, with teams vying for a spot in the semi-finals.
We are now happy to announce that the following top 4 teams (listed in alphabetical order) have made it into the semi-finals to be held on 21 April at Teachers Network, Grange Road:

Semi-finalists for Wits & Words 2010

Nanyang Primary School
Park View Primary School
Rosyth School
St Joseph’s Institution Junior

Random Photographs from the Prelim rounds

We are also happy to announce the top 20 teams (overall), and the top 10
teams for each zone.  The results are given in alphabetical order of school
name.   (more…)

SSDC 2010: Top 8 teams after Prelim Rounds

March 30, 2010

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The following teams have qualified for the Quarter-Finals of this year’s Singapore Secondary Schools Debating Championships (teams are listed in the order in which they finished in the preliminary rounds league tables, with the number of debates the team won in brackets):

Division I

1. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (3)
2. Hwa Chong Institution (3)
3. Methodist Girls’ School (2)
4. Raffles Institution (2)
5. Catholic High School (2)
6. St. Joseph’s Institution (2)
7. Nanyang Girls’ High School (2)
8. Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Secondary) (2)

Division II

1. Victoria School (3)
2. Bowen Secondary School (3)
3. St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School (3)
4. Chung Cheng High School (Yishun) (2)
5. C.H.I.J. St. Theresa’s Convent (2)
6. Anglican High School (2)
7. Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) (2)
8. Global Indian International School – Queenstown Campus (2)

Division III

1. C.H.I.J. St. Joseph’s Convent (3)
2. Kent Ridge Secondary School (3)
3. Bukit View Secondary School (3)
4. Anglo-Chinese School (International) (3)
5. Orchid Park Secondary School (3)
6. Bedok South Secondary School (2)
7. Ngee Ann Secondary School (2)
8. Tanjong Katong Secondary School (2)

Full league tables for each division will be released after the championships concludes.

The top eight teams from each division will now move on in the quarter-finals on Friday 9 April.

I would like to congratulate all the teams involved in the championships for their performances in three hard-fought preliminary rounds.

The Grand Finals of the championships will be held on 23 April (Divisions II & III) and 30 April (Division I). All debaters and teachers involved in the championships will be invited to attend the Grand Final for their division. The top 20 speakers in each division (based on preliminary rounds speaker scores) will also be announced at these occasions.

Random photos from Prelim Round 3:

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