Mrs Banks took six girls (Yasmin, Emily, Elizabeth, Nicola, Zarah and Sara) to the Dulwich Schools’ Debating competition on Saturday 24th of September 2016.

This was the first tournament of the debating season and there was a strong field, dominated by experienced speakers, including one Team England member. The FHS teams held their own and spoke confidently and analytically on an array of motions, such as ‘This house would legalise the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport’ and ‘This house would give more votes to younger voters.’ All girls achieved their highest speaker points to date, had a lot of fun and learnt a huge amount in the process.