Watch this short video on how Big Debate Club works ⤵️
How do the students structure their responses/speeches? ⤵️
Using our structure booklet can help students make their opinions into structured paragraphs: BDC: Structuring your debate
If you want your students to make full speeches (usually two/three points) you can use this marking guide to help them improve: Debate Speech Marking Criteria
How does Big Debate Club look in schools? ⤵️
A great debate to start the summer term for KS2. Should animal testing be banned? Some great conversations and ideas. @bigdebateclub @satrust_ pic.twitter.com/uKM1qLJEOr
— Inkersall Spencer Academy (@ipa_spencer) April 25, 2022
Thank you for another brilliant debate question @bigdebateclub #gpsoracy pic.twitter.com/UpZWUYSYE8
— Mrs Cragg Y5 (@GPSYear5) March 21, 2022
Yesterday’s @bigdebateclub was a great one. Thank you for another brilliant question to get the children thinking and developing their reasoning #gpsoracy pic.twitter.com/XTy2q0kyoa
— Mrs Cragg Y5 (@GPSYear5) March 9, 2022
Year 6 have been debating “is January the worst month?” for our weekly national big debate. @TheRoseLearning @bigdebateclub pic.twitter.com/4DoLcJnX5o
— Hatchell Wood (@HatchellWood) February 8, 2022