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van: Oxford Schools NL <oxfordschoolsnl@gmail.com>
Verzonden: woensdag 15 december 2021 12:34
Aan: OxfordSchools Debating <oxfordschoolsnl@gmail.com>
Onderwerp: Herinnering: Oxford Schools 2022 | Reminder: Oxford Schools 2022
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Beste (debat)docent, debater, of anderszins geïnteresseerde,
Cato Brinkhof
Organisatie Dutch Oxford Schools
* Mocht binnen uw school (ondertussen) iemand anders verantwoordelijk zijn voor het
debatteren, dan verzoeken wij u om het goede e-mailadres door te geven. Op verzoek verwijderen
we uw e-mailadres vanzelfsprekend uit deze e-maillijst.
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Dear (debate) teacher, debater, or otherwise interested person,
As the winter break draws closer, we would like to bring the upcoming edition of
Dutch Oxford Schools to your attention! You are receiving this email because you have signed up
for or shown interest in previous editions of the tournament. In case you no longer wish to receive
these emails, you can send us an email so that we can remove you from our mailing list. In this
email you will find the following information:
Updates with regards to covid-19;
All practical information for the tournament;
Two new prize categories!
Updates with regards to covid-19
Due to the current measures revolving covid-19, we have decided to host Dutch Oxford Schools
2022 online. This means that the tournament will be taking place on Zoom from 9:30 until 18:15,
including a debate workshop at the start of the day, breaks, and a prize ceremony at the end of the day.
Moreover, the registration fee will be reduced to 25 euros per team. You can find more details in the
next section.
Practical information
The Dutch Oxford Schools tournament is a one-day British Parliamentary debate tournament, which
serves as the preliminary round for the larger international Oxford Schools finals day held
in Oxford each March. Other preliminary rounds take place in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland,
Hong Kong and Slovenia. From each preliminary round, teams are selected to attend the finals day
in Oxford, where they compete for one of the most prestigious high schools debate titles. The Wolfert
Bilingual High School is in charge of the Dutch preliminary round, to which you are cordially invited.
The Dutch preliminary round is a high-quality, English-spoken debate tournament in itself, and also
an extraordinary chance to qualify for the finals day in Oxford. You will find an introductory guide to
the British Parliament format attached to this email.
This academic year, Oxford Schools is held on Sunday February 6 2022. All important
information can be found on our Facebook page (Dutch Oxford Schools), Instagram
(@wolfertdebate), or website (www.oxfordschools.nl).
You will find the most important information listed below:
· The tournament takes place on Sunday February 6 2022. Participants have to be in the
Zoom call by 9:30. A link will be sent out to all attendees a week in advance. The
tournament lasts until 18:15.
· Before the debate rounds start, judges from Oxford provide an elaborate debate
workshop. There will be two workshops; one for beginners who are unfamiliar with the
debate format, and one for advanced debaters in the British Parliamentary format. In itself,
this workshop is a great opportunity for students to advance their debate skills.
· No prepared motions: To keep the tournament as exciting as possible, we only announce
each motion 15 minutes ahead of the round.
· We guarantee that the level of judges and feedback will be excellent: the Oxford-judges as
well as the Dutch university student debaters judging will all be experienced debaters
themselves.
· Students compete for a spot in the finals day in Oxford!
· The registration fee amounts to 25 euros per team, each team consisting of two students.
There is no limit to the amount of teams each school can send.
· Although all debates and workshops will be held in English, mostly Dutch teams will be
competing. As such, it is not necessary to be a native English speaker and/or follow a
(partially) English-spoken high school curriculum.
Please use the following form to register teams from your
school: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCBiytV4f8y3jS5exFrsIEy3KzxcP6t6yuOoLF
OxOK3s7TlA/viewform?usp=sf_link. Schools may also send judges, which can sign up using the
following link:
opgeven: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBhck1kL2z129nPg5b6NlFtszyorEriB4-
3kMevvrEW_Wn2g/viewform?usp=sf_link. There is no registration fee for judges.
You can sign up teams until Sunday January 16 2022. Feel free to reach out to this email address in
case you have any questions.
Two new prize categories!
Aside from the traditional prize categories, "Top speakers" and "Top teams", we introduce two new
prize categories this year: "Best new team" and "Best junior team". The "Best new team" will be
chosen from all participating teams from schools that were not present at at least one of the past four
editions of Oxford Schools. The "Best junior team" will be chosen from teams from which both
speakers are in grade 9 or lower (international school system) or grade 3 or lower (Dutch high school
system).
We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford Schools 2022!
Best wishes,
Cato Brinkhof
Organization Committee Dutch Oxford Schools