No debate over Queen's School winners
Chester Debating Society’s annual Inter Schools Debate was won this year by The Queen’s School in a final against The King’s School.
Queen’s School girls proposed the Motion “This House believes that parents should be responsible for serious crimes committed by their children”, and Kat Lewis age 16 from Wrexham and Caroline Turner age 17 from Wirral ensured that the motion carried. Much spirited debate ensued from the audience in the Quaker Meeting Rooms on Frodsham Street in Chester, with opinion divided as to the degree of responsibility that parents should shoulder for their children’s actions.
Both girls are committed members of Queen’s Senior Debating Society and Miss Stockton, Head of English who oversees debating at Queen’s said “I am very impressed with the quality of their arguments and their confident, engaging, witty delivery.”
Speaking after the debate Mrs Sarah Clark, Headmistress of Queen’s commented: “I thought that the students who spoke in this debate showed maturity, intellectual rigor and passion for their arguments. It was a pleasure to see these young people engage with fundamental principles of legal rights and responsibilities to this degree.”
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LtoR: Leading the Debate. Kat Lewis age 16 from Wrexham and Caroline Turner age 17 from Wirral.
More information about Chester Debating Society is available at www.chesterdebating.org.uk or by contacting 01244-378222 or 836789. Meeting are most Tuesdays at 7.15pm followed by refreshments at around 9pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester CH1 3LF.
School Contact: Mrs Jane Taylor, The Queen’s School, City Walls Road, Chester, CH1 2NN
Tel: 01244 312078
Email: jtaylor@queens.cheshire.sch.uk
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Upcoming School Events:
• Christmas Cracker Free event for pre-school girls Saturday 3rd December.
Assessments for school entry are held on Monday 16th January 2012.
• A new ‘Fast Facts’ mini-brochure is a great summary about life at The Queen’s School and outlines why every girl deserves to know more. Copies and information on FREE ‘Taster Days’ from Jane Taylor, Admissions Officer. A new prospectus is now available for the Lower and Senior Schools.
• The Queen’s Lower School came top in the North West and 14th out of the 100 top prep schools in the country in the Sunday Times Parent Power survey.
• A new bursary scheme has just been launched for the Senior School.
The Queen’s School, Chester, Cheshire is one of the country’s leading independent schools for girls aged 4 – 18. With a nationally renowned reputation for academic excellence the girls consistently achieve outstanding results at GCSE and A level.
The school celebrates young women and their potential. It prepares the girls to face their future with self-belief, energy and a ‘can do’ philosophy. Academic success is only one aspect of life at Queen’s and all girls are encouraged to explore their abilities, interests and passions in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. From drama, art and music to sports, community work and overseas adventures, the girls benefit from an education of the whole person, experiencing new challenges inside and outside the classroom.
At The Queen’s School, it seeks to develop in each student a risk-taking spirit, leadership abilities, confidence and a love of learning. The individual approach ensures each girl has the support she needs to thrive and succeed throughout her time there.
The school inhabits elegant Georgian and Victorian buildings, situated in a beautiful setting within walking distance of historic Chester. These surroundings prove a constant reminder of the heritage and traditional values that have shaped the school for more than 130 years.
Sarah Clark is the head teacher of The Queen’s School with Mrs Felicity Taylor as head of the Lower School on Liverpool Road. The school has a number of bursaries available to very able students.
Past pupils include Beth Tweddle, Olympic Gymnast, Sarah Kelly, founder of the UK’s Neuromuscular Centre for muscular dystrophy and Vivienne Faull, the first woman to become Dean of an English Cathedral.
More information atwww.queens.cheshire.sch.uk on Twitter @TheQueensSchool and The Queen’s School App can be found by searching Apple’s Appstore for the keywords “Queen’s Chester”
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