Rotary Youth Speaks Debating Competition – Congratulations to our students!

Many congratulations to our Y9 and Y13 students for their brilliant performance at the Rotary Youth Speaks debating competition held last Wednesday evening (12th November) – a St Albans-wide competition designed to support and encourage the development of effective communication skills.

Our Y9 team debated the question: ‘Has modern day feminism truly liberated women or just given them new chains?’ and our Y13 team asked the question ‘Were the consequences faced by the banks after the great recession, appropriate?’. There was strong competition from other schools including Beaumont, Loreto College, Marlborough and STAGs but our students demonstrated incredible confidence, logical thinking and strong oracy skills. Although STAGS was awarded the trophy, I think it’s safe to say that our teams were still very much the winners!

Well done to all – you did yourselves and Townsend School very proud!

Mrs S Thompson (Head of English) and Mr R Potter (Head of Y12 and Film/Media)