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
🌍🌿 Caring for God's Creation – Year 3 RE 🌿🌍
Today in RE, Year 3 have been reflecting on their learning from our Creation and Covenant branch.
The children delivered fantastic oracy presentations, showcasing their understanding of what it means to be stewards of God's creation and why we all have a responsibility to care for the wonderful world God has entrusted to us. 🌎💚
We also explored ecological virtues, thinking about how qualities such as gratitude, respect, responsibility and self-control can guide us in making choices that protect and care for our common home.
Through their presentations, the children demonstrated that even the smallest actions can make a big difference and that caring for creation is one way we can put our faith into action.
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🎭📚✨ National Poetry Day 2026 ✨📚🎭
This morning, we celebrated National Poetry Day with a fantastic whole-school assembly, and what a performance it was! 🌟
Each year group took to the stage to perform a poem they had been rehearsing during their Readers’ Theatre sessions. From wonderful expression and clear voices to brilliant actions and confident performances, our children absolutely brought the words to life! 🎤👏 Their fantastic oracy skills were on full display and we were so proud of every single performer. ❤️
Our poetry line-up was:
❤️✨ Year 1 – All of Me
🦉🐱 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 of our poetry superstars! 🌟 What a brilliant way to celebrate the joy of poetry, performance and spoken language across St Mary’s. 🎬🎭📖
#NationalPoetryDaystm #Poetrystm #Englishstm #readingstm #Oracystm #Year1stm #Year2stm #Year3stm #Year4stm #Year5stm #Year6stm …
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Year 2 RE Learning🌈
In our RE lesson, we explored the idea of making choices and turning back to God. We linked our learning to the story of Noah’s Ark, thinking carefully about the choices Noah had to make and what he may have said or felt.
Using our Oracy skills, the children acted out different scenarios and used stem sentences to help them think deeply about – What would Noah say? They shared their ideas, listened carefully to different perspectives and explained their thinking. We also explored how saying sorry, making good choices and turning back to God can help to repair and strengthen relationships.
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