Last weekend Grace Chan (L6) and Joslyn Lo (L6) went to Oxford to take part in the National School Finals of the Oxford Schools Debating Competition, the largest British Parliamentary debating competition in the UK. 

There were over 100 schools present including all the big hitters from the debating world and Grace and Joslyn qualified for the finals as one of the top hundred debaters from the 700 schools which originally entered the competition.

It was a great achievement for them to get to finals day and a privilege for them to debate in the rooms around the Oxford Union. The girls held their own in a very strong field that included members of the English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh debating teams, as well as representatives from Canada, Ireland and Ukraine. 

Four motions were debated during the course of the day, including one on social media, citizen journalists and the final one on the Universal Basic Income where the judge placed them first.  

Although the girls didn't make it into the novice final, it was an excellent finale to the girls' first debating season.