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23 January 2026
Tips and techniques

ABC: agree, build, challenge

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23 January 2026
Tips and techniques

A memorable structure to develop the skills of dialogue

Tagged: dialogue, dialogic teaching, reasoning, creative thinking, critical thinking, caring thinking, talk/oracy, respectful challenge, collaborative talk, collaborative thinking

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16 January 2026
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

My new oracy book just published!

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16 January 2026
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

Published 15 Jan 2026, with Alan Howe

Tagged: talk/oracy, whole-class talk, group talk, pair talk / talk partners, listening, talk/oracy games, oracy structures, oracy activities, oracy across the curriculum, oracy KS3, oracy KS4, leading oracy

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9 January 2026
Tips and techniques

‘Keywording’ helps students listen

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9 January 2026
Tips and techniques

What three pupils said about the power of jotting key words

Tagged: pupil voice, active listening, listening, talk/oracy, Thinking Moves A-Z, vocabulary

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2 January 2026
Tips and techniques

Find someone who… new term edition!

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2 January 2026
Tips and techniques

An activity to get your class talking to each other after the holidays

Tagged: talk/oracy games, oracy activities, community-building, listening, jotting, pupil talk

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26 December 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Grateful talk

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26 December 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

On creating a moment to say thank you

Tagged: oracy activities, caring thinking, empathy

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19 December 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Holiday talk prompts

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19 December 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Sentence starters to help your pupils or loved ones reflect

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk prompts, festivals, kindness, review and reflection, community-building, oracy activities

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12 December 2025
Tips and techniques

Festive oracy: playful ways to practise speaking and listening skills

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12 December 2025
Tips and techniques

Seasonal versions of some well-known oracy games

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk/oracy games, games, P4C starters / games, listening, linguistic oracy skills, storytelling, community-building

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12 December 2025
Professional development

Implementing Oracy programme – places remaining

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12 December 2025
Professional development

Learn how to embed excellent oracy practice – programme starts Fri 16 Jan

Tagged: talk/oracy, leading oracy

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5 December 2025
Tips and techniques

Speaker, questioner, summariser

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5 December 2025
Tips and techniques

Three oracy roles for working in groups

Tagged: group talk, talk/oracy, oracy structures, listening, pupil talk, reasoning

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28 November 2025
Thoughts

Belief before strategy

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28 November 2025
Thoughts

Your attitude is everything

Tagged: talk/oracy, learning through talk, classroom culture, oracy skills

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21 November 2025
Tips and techniques

Concentric circles – oracy structure

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21 November 2025
Tips and techniques

A great way to get students used to talking to different people

Tagged: talk/oracy, pair talk / talk partners, pupil talk, changing partners, social & emotional oracy skills, oracy activities, oracy skills, oracy structures

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14 November 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

The Rabbit Listened – P4C/Oracy stimulus

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14 November 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

A beautiful book about listening

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), listening, empathy, talk/oracy, caring thinking

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7 November 2025
Tips and techniques

'You said, I think' – oracy structure

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7 November 2025
Tips and techniques

A surprisingly simple way to improve listening and dialogue

Tagged: oracy in English, oracy in geography, oracy in science, talk/oracy in Literacy, talk/oracy, structured talk, whole-class talk, productive talk, listening, active listening, dialogue, pair talk / talk partners, group talk, respectful challenge, oracy across the curriculum, oracy structures

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31 October 2025
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Have you tried describe and draw? Oracy activity

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31 October 2025
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

A structure which develops speaking and listening, and can be used across the curriculum

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy in science, oracy in chemistry, listening, oracy activities, oracy across the curriculum, pair talk / talk partners, oracy KS4, vocabulary, pupil talk, learning through talk

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24 October 2025
Practical examples, Tips and techniques

Using dice for accountability in group work

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24 October 2025
Practical examples, Tips and techniques

How one teacher raises accountability using a quick and simple technique

Tagged: talk/oracy, accountability, group talk, random selection, whole-class talk, pupil talk, pupil engagement, learning through talk, oracy in maths

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17 October 2025
Tips and techniques

If you want them to collaborate, stop giving out individual resources!

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17 October 2025
Tips and techniques

Collaboration is much more likely when pupils have to do a shared piece of work

Tagged: group talk, pair talk / talk partners, pupil engagement, pupil talk, collaborative talk, talk/oracy

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10 October 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Provocative image – child labour – P4C stimulus

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10 October 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Is it ever right for a child to work?

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), critical thinking, caring thinking

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3 October 2025
Tips and techniques

Opinion continuum – oracy activity

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3 October 2025
Tips and techniques

Get students thinking and talking.

Tagged: philosophical exercise, P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C across the curriculum, P4C / philosophical concepts, whole-class talk, dialogue, dialogic teaching, open questions, many possible answers

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26 September 2025
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Three recurring findings from talk audits

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26 September 2025
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Time to raise your oracy game?

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk audit, high expectations, teacher talk, learning through talk

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19 September 2025
Tips and techniques

Get them talking in maths

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19 September 2025
Tips and techniques

Twenty talking points you can use today

Tagged: talk/oracy, talking points, group talk, oracy in maths

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