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The biggest day for oracy education

Our programme amplifies the voices of practitioners who are developing oracy education in settings across the UK. 

The programme will feature over 25 sessions to choose from which are designed to help you embed, scale up and enhance oracy provision in your setting.

 

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The programme is in the final stages of development. View a preview of the sessions that will be available below

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Heard it in the playground: how to build oracy and media literacy skills in your classroom

Olivia Platman, The Economist Educational Foundation

Learn practical strategies to confidently explore current issues like climate change and misogny in your classroom. This session offers tools to spark discussion, build critical thinking, and connect students through informed, open-minded dialogue across the curriculum.

5-4
From PRU to PRO: Professional Voices in Alternative Provision

Sharon Gray, Coventry Alternative Provision Academy

Discover how student-written GCSE revision rap lyrics merge Shakespearean verse with modern rhythms, showcased in the Belgrade Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet collaboration. Learn to harness lyrical oracy for curriculum memorability, using performances and recordings as evidence of progress.

3-Apr-25-2025-09-11-29-4950-AM
Using Disciplinary Oracy to Open Doors for Disadvantaged Pupils

Helena Brzeski, Parkfield Community School / Excelsior MAT

Discover how Parkfield Community School empowers multilingual, disadvantaged pupils through disciplinary oracy, enabling them to articulate expertise across subjects. Learn to implement a progressive EYFS-Year 6 framework that elevates curriculum access, aspirations, and outcomes.

4-4
Harkness from EYFS to Y6

Karen Smith, Christ Church Upper Armley

Discover our school’s journey implementing the Harkness method through staff CPD and student-led discussions from Early Years to Year 6. Witness transformative videos showcasing collaborative, inquiry-based learning that elevates critical thinking, confidence, and inclusive dialogue, fostering high expectations for all learners.

2-Apr-25-2025-09-11-29-4459-AM
Mount Pleasant Junior School – Our Oracy Journey (EAL)

Charmaine Auckburally, Mount Pleasant Junior School

Learn how a school with 98% English Literacy Learners (EAL) achieved Outstanding OCE status by integrating oracy into its curriculum. Discover strategies for celebrating linguistic diversity, supporting EAL learners, fostering pupil voice, and empowering confident communication.

8-2
KS2 Debate Club

Chloe Mullard, Green Meadow Primary School

Discover how explicit oracy teaching transformed school culture, embedding respectful dialogue through assemblies and Personal Development. Learn to use benchmarks in action plans, foster confidence via structured lessons, and see students model peer engagement. Gain strategies to replicate this in your setting.

9-1
1:1 Developmental conversations

Samantha Rasmussen, Ely College

Discover Ely’s conversation skills progression model, where students refine one-to-one dialogue with tutors, receiving targeted feedback to advance from simple to complex interactions. Learn how personalised tracking empowers pupils to own their oracy development, complementing broader frameworks.

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Developing Presentational Talk through the English Curriculum

Joanne Birmingham, Pendle Primary Academy

Discover how Pendle Primary Academy transformed its English curriculum to prioritise oracy by replacing written outcomes with presentational tasks. Explore their planning process, lesson development, and three years of impactful results, including enhanced writing quality and pupil voice.

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The Storytelling Experiment: What Happened When We Put Oracy First?

Kelly Rose, Charter Academy

Explore how oral storytelling rebuilds narrative instincts in children, fostering creativity and linguistic confidence. This session demonstrates how structured talk transforms writing outcomes, with hands-on techniques and insights into the impact of storytelling on imagination and pupil voice.

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Come and take part in a real life Oracy Assembly

Cathy Spence, St Barnabas CE Primary

Experience a live oracy assembly where children confidently share opinions and adults model high-quality talk. Discover how embedded guidelines and praise foster a culture of communication, with attendees participating as speakers and talk detectives.

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Student Voice (year 7 students engaging)

Dani Burns, The Halifax

Discover Halifax Academy’s Harkness method, empowering Year 7 students to lead structured discussions on school improvement. Learn how coaching fosters democratic student voice, actionable outcomes, and inclusion, cultivating belonging through collective inquiry.

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'If you can say it, you can write it': Improving Writing through Oracy in the Secondary School

Craig Scott, Hamstead Hall Academy

Discover how oracy strategies reduce cognitive load in writing by generating ideas through structured talk, informed by Voice 21 pedagogy and Gibbons’ critique of formulaic approaches. Learn to prioritise interpretation over prescriptive models, enhancing written quality across subjects.

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Oracy, SEMH & Safeguarding

Chaitan Rajania, Madani Schools

Discover how Madani’s Cultural LitOracy framework empowers students to articulate challenges and seek support through structured dialogue. Learn strategies for fostering inclusive communication, building a safe school culture, and amplifying student voice across diverse backgrounds.