Breeding a new generation of thinkers

Updated May 25 2015 - 9:37am, first published 8:00am
Back: Mikaela Solomons, Julia Bancroft, Heidi Ballantyne, Paige Pascoe, Bethany Bell, Will Eather and Tom Kiss.
Front: Charlotte Ryan, Gypsy Cox, Charlotte Boland, Ezekial Turaga, Charlie Edwards, Tom Hawke and Ben Smart.
Back: Mikaela Solomons, Julia Bancroft, Heidi Ballantyne, Paige Pascoe, Bethany Bell, Will Eather and Tom Kiss. Front: Charlotte Ryan, Gypsy Cox, Charlotte Boland, Ezekial Turaga, Charlie Edwards, Tom Hawke and Ben Smart.

Last year, knowing very little about debating, seven students at Wellington Public School formed a squad and soon became zone champions after taking on 36 other schools across the western region.

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