Today was no ordinary day here at Reach! Today we held the interdisciplinary day, where classes join together to have a morning of debating workshops, learning public speaking skills, before entering the debating chamber.
The students then headed over to the Cambridge Union, host to a range of past speakers, including Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking and the current Dalai Lama!
Each group took part in various debates across the day, such as “do we have a duty to populate Mars?”, “should High School classes start later in the day?” and “is AI innocent or evil?”.The students had time to prepare their argument, either in favour or against the motion, before putting across their points to the chambers.
The students impressed with their effortless public speaking and ability to persuade the audience in favour of their argument. There are once again some future politicians amongst this cohort!
Due to the debating schedule, students had a more flexible afternoon in terms of activities. Arts and crafts ran in the afternoon, so no matter the debating times, students could head over to college for some chilled out activities. Or, students could continue on from yesterday, with another ASL language learning workshop, to develop some sign language phrases, hosted by one of our talented students.
Following dinner as usual, the evening’s lecture featured the documentary ‘H is for Harry’, a coming of age story about Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives at secondary school in suburban London unable to read or write. The students were then treated to a Q and A with its director, in which they could find out what Harry is up to now, and learn more about the process of the filmmaking.
But the day was not over yet, with the highly anticipated World Fair taking place this evening, giving our students the chance to present to the whole cohort on their country and culture! We had presentations on a host of different countries, from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Australia and China! It is always a highlight of the program, celebrating the diversity and global connections that Reach represents!
Come back tomorrow to hear all about the penultimate day of the summer, and as always, check out our Instagram Story for more daily updates (@reachcambridge)
