--- title: "On Tuesday 4th November, 17 students from years 7, 8 and 9 travelled to the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster for this year’s launch of Debate Mate. There, the students were introduced to a number of National and European champion debaters from across the coun" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-11-19-on-tuesday-4th-november-17-students-from-years-7-8-and-9-travelled-to-the-emmanuel-centre" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # On Tuesday 4th November, 17 students from years 7, 8 and 9 travelled to the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster for this year’s launch of Debate Mate. There, the students were introduced to a number of National and European champion debaters from across the coun ![Image of On Tuesday 4th November, 17 students from years 7, 8 and 9 travelled to the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster for this year’s launch of Debate Mate. There, the students were introduced to a number of National and European champion debaters from across the coun](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/94.png) 19 November 2014 ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/390.jpg) *On Tuesday 18th November, the Chain Reaction theatre group came into school to give a thought provoking assembly to Year 7 about the issues surrounding immigration and bullying. The aim of the session was to make students aware of the positive impact that people from all parts of the world have on modern day Britain, and to teach the students to be welcoming and friendly to new people in their community. Year 7 thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and asked some very insightful and thought provoking questions at the end. Students will continue to discuss the ideas and themes that were generated during the assembly in their Civics lessons over the next few weeks.* [ This month Riverside has been celebrating Black History Month](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-10-22-this-month-riverside-has-been-celebrating-black-history-month) [Trip to the World ATP Tour Finals at the O2 ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-11-21-trip-to-the-world-atp-tour-finals-at-the-o2) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)