Scheduling

1. Contact the coordinator from the opposition school and negotiate a date and time within the relevant period. Be sure to check that the options are available on the booking system
2. The host school is the team listed first and is responsible for booking the debate using the booking system
3. Ensure that the opposing coordinator is added as a guest to ensure they also receive notifications
4. Affirmative and Negative teams are selected by coin toss at the time of topic release. Please be sure to check which side you have been allocated and prepare for the correct side of the debate.
5. Topic Release
   • Primary debates will receive their topic 1 week before the scheduled time via the competition platform
   • Junior debates will receive their topic 24 hours before the scheduled time via the competition platform
   • Middle & Senior debates will receive their topic 75 minutes before the scheduled time via the competition platform
6. There are two "Stadiums" for all debates - Stadium One and Stadium Two.
7. These links and the assigned breakout room will be shown on the competition platform.
8. You should join via the provided link and enter the assigned breakout room 65-70 minutes before your scheduled debate for Middle & Senior debates and 5-10 minutes before for Primary & Junior debates.
9. The Stadiums are currently hosted on Zoom, but this is subject to change.