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
🎨🎨Our creative Year 5 children have been diving into the world of installation art in Art & Design!
They have been exploring how artists use space, scale and materials to create powerful installation pieces that convey ideas, transform spaces and shape the viewer’s experience. The children were fascinated to learn how art doesn’t just hang on a wall – it can completely change how we see and feel within a space.
As part of their learning, they studied the work of Cai Guo-Qiang, exploring how he uses unusual materials and dramatic scale to create impactful installations.
Inspired by his work, the children worked collaboratively in groups to design and create their own imaginative art installations.
The children finished the unit by creating an Oracy performance evaluating their work. 🎨🎨
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✨ Celebration of God’s Gifts Achievements! ✨
We were delighted to celebrate some fantastic achievements in our Year 4, 5 and 6 assembly this week! 🌟
🎤 We proudly launched the St Mary’s Oracy Certificate. Congratulations to our first oracy superstars who are showcasing fantastic speaking and listening skills!
📚 A huge well done to Leon and Steven in St Stephen for each reaching an incredible 2,000,000 words on Accelerated Reader. What a milestone!
✍️ Congratulations to Charlie in St Peter on earning his pen licence with beautiful handwriting.
📖 Finally, we are so proud of our Year 5 pupils whose writing has been published in the Young Writers anthology. Published authors in the making!
👏 We love celebrating the wonderful gifts God has given our children. Keep shining! ✨
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This week, Year 6 kicked off their writing by exploring anxiety and overcoming fears. 💛
The children created posters about their own anxieties at home and then shared them through confident oracy presentations in class.
A powerful start to some thoughtful, emotional writing ✍️✨
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Year 2 have been learning about The Great Fire of London. After our fire demonstration, we thought we’d create a Newsround on what we’d learnt in our History unit. #year2stm #historystm #oracystm … See MoreSee Less
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