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
A huge thank you to all the wonderful parents who joined us to listen to our Year 4 children read their amazing writing. The children were so excited to share their work, which focused on the excitement and anticipation of opening a Christmas present, and they certainly did not disappoint! 🎁
It was a joy to see their confidence, creativity and pride as they read aloud. Thank you for taking the time to come in and support them. It truly means so much to the children and staff.
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After Year 6’s inspiring visit to Staffordshire Libraries, where Terry read Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch to us🎄, our imaginations were sparked! We carried that excitement straight into our writing lesson, creating poems inspired by the story and the way it was read.✏️
Later in the week, we brought The Grinch to life in Readers’ Theatre, performing a scene from the story🎭. We focused on using expression and matching our tone to each character and the performances were fantastic! 👏
A huge thank you to Terry and Newcastle Library for sparking our creativity! Take a look at some of our amazing poems below – we are so proud of the innovation and effort everyone showed! ✨
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🎁The Present🎁
Last week, each class was inspired by the arrival of a mysterious present delivered to their classroom. The children explored the temptation of opening their gifts early, where they might find it and imagined who they might bump into along the way as they tried to resist.
Today, in assembly, one author from each class shared their published piece. From unexpected encounters to moments of suspense, the stories were packed with tension, humour and brilliant imagination.
We were completely captivated by the children’s writing and storytelling and listened in anticipation to every word. A huge congratulations to our budding authors. We are incredibly proud of you.
Take a look at their fantastic stories below!
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🪖Causes of WWII 🪖
In today’s history lesson, the children learnt all about the causes of World War II and when and how it started. With their partner, using their oracy stem sentences, the children needed to use the Diamond 9 grid to rank the reasons that the war started. Afterwards, we had a class discussion comparing and contrasting everyone’s ideas. The children used the historical skill compare and contrast to complete today’s lesson.
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✨🎄 Year 6 Are Feeling Festive! 🎄✨
Our Year 6 children had a fantastic time getting into the festive spirit today as they enjoyed a brilliant pantomime performance! There were lots of laughs, loud cheers and plenty of magical moments to kick off the season.
A huge thank you to Newcastle College for inviting us – we truly appreciate the opportunity and the wonderful experience for our pupils. 🎭🌟
‘Tis the season and Year 6 are definitely ready for it!
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Congratulations to Milly, Maria and Olivia in St Peter who have earned a new and coveted oracy sticker 🌟 for showing brilliant speech skills during their manifesto in Monday’s assembly 🎤✨ Well done, you three, we’re so proud of you 👏💛
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📣 KS2 Campaign Speeches! 🎤
Over the last week, our KS2 children have been hard at work writing their very own campaign speeches. Today, they then had the exciting opportunity to deliver them to their peers during assembly.
It was fantastic to hear their creative ideas, thoughtful messages, and to see just how much their Oracy skills are developing. Well done to all our confident speakers – we are so proud of you! 🌟👏
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