At St. Mary’s, we strive to create an oracy-rich community, where we ensure that all children feel that their voices are valued and listened to. The children are taught to use their voice confidently to: reason, negotiate, present and explore ideas to support their learning across the curriculum and to prepare them for later life.
When the children returned to school after half term, we participated in an oracy day. This consisted of a range of activities in which the children could develop their oral and aural skills.
Watch below to see some of the activities we participated in.
Speaking and Listening – From Early Years to Year 6
Voice 21 Oracy Framework
We are very proud of these boys in St Joseph's class. They have made some brilliant stories up in drawing club of how we can get rid of the big bad wolf! We have written the code r-e-d to help the wolf disappear! #oracystm #englishstm #drawingclub … See MoreSee Less
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🎙️ Introducing St Mary’s Oracy Club!🎙️
Today, our brand-new Oracy Club held its first session with Year 5 and it was a huge success! 🌟 Mila and Angel from Year 6 did a brilliant job leading the group this week and are excited to guide the group each week. Year 5 can’t wait to explore thought-provoking topics and work in new groupings every session! 💬✨
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📣 Meet the New St Mary’s Leadership Team 📣
This year we are proud to introduce St Mary’s newly expanded Leadership Team!
At St Mary’s, we are passionate about Oracy so we asked all applicants to submit a video explaining why they would be the right choice for the role. The standard of applications was outstanding and we were truly impressed by the effort and enthusiasm shown by every child.
After the application stage, shortlisted candidates were interviewed by Mrs Mellor, who was blown away by the confidence and passion they showed. We are delighted to reveal our new Leadership Team:
Head Boys and Girls
🏆 Olivia
🏆 Maria
🏆 Chrisa
🏆 Toluwa
Deputy Head Boys and Girls
⭐ Scarlett
⭐ Milly
⭐ Jackson
⭐ Millie
A huge congratulations to all of our new leaders. We cannot wait to see the incredible things you will achieve this year.
Check out their brilliant application videos below!
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🎭✨ This morning, St Mary’s marked National Poetry Day with a fantastic whole-school assembly! Each year group took to the stage to perform a poem they had been during their drama slots and every single child delivered their piece with confidence and flair. Their hard work and brilliant oracy skills shone through!
The poems performed were:
❤️🧺 Year 1 – Little Red Riding Hood
🦉🐱 Year 2 – The Owl and the Pussycat
🌿🐞 Year 3 – Nature Trail
🐉✨ Year 4 – The Tale of Custard the Dragon
🎉🗣️ Year 5 – The Word Party
⚠️📜 Year 6 – A Cautionary Verse
A huge well done to all our pupils – what a wonderful celebration of poetry! 🎬🎭
#NationalPoetryDaystm #Englishstm #poetrystm #oracystm #year1stm #year2stm #year3stm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm … See MoreSee Less
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Have you ever wondered what to do if you found yourself near an erupting volcano? 🌋
Well, as part of their Geography unit, Year 4 are here with all the information you’ll need! #geographystm #year4stm #oracystm … See MoreSee Less
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Year 4 have been using a host of concrete resources for their maths learning today. Focusing on 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s, they used place value grids, base 10 equipment and stem sentences to explain their reasoning, when answering questions, and used their Oracy skills to build and challenge. #mathsstm #year4stm #oracystm … See MoreSee Less
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Our Year 2s have been busy this week putting their writing skills to good use. They’ve created clear, step by step instructions to help our Reception children get ready for school each day. To make it extra special, four of our Year 2s went along to read their instructions to a group of reception children. #year2stm #receptionstm #englishstm #oracystm … See MoreSee Less
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