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The United Nations was founded after World War II as an organisation where all the world’s nations can

discuss and debate the pressing issues of the day, with the intention to find solutions in the interests of the

global community.

In Model United Nations, students debate current affairs, while representing different nations. This is a

stimulating academic activity as students are often arguing from the viewpoint of a country whose stance

might be different from their personal view. They develop excellent skills in research, presentation and

debate which equips them for the world of further study and of work. At a conference many different

schools are represented and students have an excellent opportunity to collaborate with others and debate

against them.

On Saturday 9th May, four students took part in a Key Stage 3 MUN conference at Reigate Grammar School.

The day began with a workshop on what makes a good speech. Students then went to their committee

rooms to begin debating. Blenheim was representing North Korea which was a tough challenge and they

had to work on building alliances with other countries to get their views heard.

Congratulations to Austin who won a commended delegate award for his contributions to the Spec Pol

committee and also spoke confidently at the general assembly in front of the whole conference.

All of our delegation made a fantastic contribution. We are so proud of all of them as they demonstrated

excellent academic skills when researching, forming arguments and engaging with debate. These are

complex and challenging topics to grapple with. They confidently worked with students from other schools

and in doing so they developed valuable team work and networking skills.

I was so impressed with them!

If you’d like to find out more about Model United Nations please contact Mrs Benson.