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SADA is responsibile for administering the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia’s debating competition. This competition is run after school and provides an excellent grounding in debating for primary school students.
This competition is only open to IPSHA schools. However, primary school students in years 5 to 7 from all South Australian schools (including IPSHA schools) are eligible to debate in the UniSA SADA Schools’ Competition.
Entries for the 2018 SADA IPSHA Debating Competition are now open. IPSHA school debating co-ordinators can enter teams on behalf of their schools here.
Competition Information
The IPSHA rules and debating style is much the same as the SADA Junior Grade; debates are prepared topics, speeches are short and topics are appropriate for younger, inexperienced debaters. Accordingly, we encourage IPSHA schools to take advantage of the SADA's debating education program and resources.
The IPSHA competition is open to students in years 5 to 7.
Unlike the UniSA SADA Schools' Competition, the IPSHA Competition is a highly decentralised competition. Rounds take place over a number of weeks with a small number of debates taking place at various IPSHA schools on multiple nights of the week. Debates start at 4.15pm and nights typically conclude by 6.00pm.
If you are an IPSHA member school and are interested in entering teams in this competition, please contact the IPSHA Competition Administrator here.