A team of Year 11 students from Heathfield Community School Debating Society took part in a Model United Nations Conference at Queen’s College, Taunton, alongside teams from across the South West.
Guest speaker, Mayor of Taunton Nick O’Donnell, addressed participants about the purpose and importance of political and international awareness among young people from all walks of life.
Model United Nations is a re-enactment of the United Nations for students in which students organise, run and chair the event themselves. The various international committees taking part look at worldwide issues of the day and delegates debate these issues from the viewpoint of the countries which have been assigned to them. This of course may mean that students (delegates) have to adopt views they may not share themselves, helping them to develop a keen sense of empathy.
Heathfield’s Debating Society Co-ordinators Simon Bament and Anna Chamberlain said: “We were immensely proud of the way the students handled the experience of their first MUN Conference. They rose to the challenge and represented themselves and the school with distinction.”
