Craig Moss – Co-ordinator of Gifted & Talented 7-12

Competitions round up 

It was another busy week of activities run by the Gifted and Talented Department during Week 8. 

Mock Mediation 

Well done to Willow Gelin, Jesse Barel, Jessica Linker, Elise Kitchener, Eitan Hamilton and Jayden Segal for an excellent performance in the first round of the Mock Mediation competition. Mock Mediation is an initiative of The Law Society of New South Wales that uses a structured problem-solving process designed to encourage the parties to identify the issue in dispute, consider options and work towards an agreement that will meet the needs of all parties. For this round, Willow and Jesse took the roles of mediators, while Jessica and Elise formed Party A and Eitan and Jayden formed Party B. The adjudicator was very impressed with how each student stayed in character and kept close to the scenario and confidential facts provided. He also praised our mediators, Willow and Jesse, for their role in bringing both parties to a joint agreement.

Congratulations! We now look forward to the next round in Term 2. 

HICES Debating Competition

Middle Division

The topic for our Middle Division debaters in Year 7 was That acts of terrorism should not be given media coverage. Our Emanuel 1 team won their debate due to a forfeit and our Emanuel 2 team’s debate ended in a draw.

Senior Division

Our Senior Division teams (Years 9 and 10) debated the topic That the private lives of public figures should be open to media scrutiny. The Year 9 team took the negative side and was narrowly defeated by St Luke’s. Sara Morris participated in her first ever HICES debate and Jayden Segal stepped up to be third speaker for the first time. Honorary mention goes to Jayden Segal for his debating effort. Well done to our Year 10 team, Alice Milner, Kian Hamburger and Eitan Hamilton, who won their debate against St Spyridon’s. Honorary mention goes to Eitan Hamilton and Alice Milner for their debating efforts.

Congratulations to all teams for their efforts in preparing and representing Emanuel School.