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7 February 2025
Tips and techniques

Presentation skills – tips from kids

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7 February 2025
Tips and techniques

Some fun, quick physical oracy tips you can show your class

Tagged: talk/oracy, video, physical oracy skills, presentational talk, public speaking

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31 January 2025
Tips and techniques

How can I get everyone to join in? Part 2

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31 January 2025
Tips and techniques

My top three strategies to make sure every pupil speaks during whole-class learning

Tagged: talk/oracy, classroom culture, whole-class talk, thinking time, teacher questioning, alternatives to hands up, speaker chooses, random selection, cold calling, open questions

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24 January 2025
Tips and techniques

Turn-taking prompts

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24 January 2025
Tips and techniques

Prompts to help pupils practise the important oracy skill of taking turns

Tagged: turn-taking, talk prompts, talk/oracy, group talk, whole-class talk, dialogue, dialogic teaching, speaker chooses

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17 January 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Sports dilemma – P4C stimulus

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17 January 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Get your class thinking about fairness, teamwork, competition and more

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

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10 January 2025
Tips and techniques, Thoughts

Talking shouldn’t feel like a punishment!

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10 January 2025
Tips and techniques, Thoughts

The importance of positive, transparent systems for deciding who responds

Tagged: participation, hands up, cold calling, alternatives to hands up, random selection

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3 January 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

P4C for the new year

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3 January 2025
P4C/Talk stimulus

Get your pupils thinking about resolutions and plans

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), critical thinking, caring thinking, whole-class talk, wellbeing

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3 January 2025
Professional development

Places still available on The Pedagogy Programme January 2025

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3 January 2025
Professional development

An opportunity to take your teaching to the next level

Tagged: review and reflection, talk/oracy, teacher questioning, teacher talk, metacognition, feedback, dialogue, dialogic teaching, behaviour, classroom culture, impact, reasoning

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27 December 2024
Thoughts

What a year!

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27 December 2024
Thoughts

My oracy and P4C highlights of 2024

Tagged: talk/oracy, P4C (Philosophy for Children)

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20 December 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Festive questions

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20 December 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Discussion questions about gifts, feasts and talking snowmen!

Tagged: thinking questions, talk/oracy games, festivals

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13 December 2024
Tips and techniques

Seasonal talking points

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13 December 2024
Tips and techniques

Statements to get your class thinking and talking in the lead-up to the holidays

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk/oracy games, talking points, festivals, critical thinking, creative thinking, dialogue, exploratory talk

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6 December 2024
Tips and techniques

Four corners

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6 December 2024
Tips and techniques

An oracy game where pupils can see each other's thinking

Tagged: talk/oracy games, talk/oracy, being physically active, thinking questions, listening, active learning, oracy activities, oracy across the curriculum, dialogue

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28 November 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Charlie's Bar – P4C stimulus

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28 November 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Why do people sometimes ignore each other?

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

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22 November 2024
Tips and techniques

Everyone!

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22 November 2024
Tips and techniques

The power of quick cues when you want them to chorally repeat

Tagged: talk/oracy, teacher talk, pupil engagement, pupil talk, choral speaking

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15 November 2024
Research, Recommended reading

Thinking time changes everything

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15 November 2024
Research, Recommended reading

An essential ingredient for oracy in the classroom

Tagged: talk/oracy, thinking time

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8 November 2024
Tips and techniques

What did you find interesting or important about that?

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8 November 2024
Tips and techniques

A valuable P4C facilitation move

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C / philosophical concepts, critical thinking, P4C facilitation

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1 November 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Are you ready for World Philosophy Day?

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1 November 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Ideas to get the whole school involved on 21st November

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), dialogue, P4C questions, thinking questions, sustainability, whole-school talk and P4C

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1 November 2024
Recommended reading, Thoughts, Research

Oracy Education Commission findings, curriculum review

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1 November 2024
Recommended reading, Thoughts, Research

An update for school leaders and oracy leads

Tagged: talk/oracy

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25 October 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Oracy and accents

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25 October 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Oracy is a lot more than how we pronounce words

Tagged: talk/oracy, accents

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18 October 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

P4C stimulus – Killing time at home

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18 October 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

A chance to think about technology and relationships

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

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11 October 2024
Tips and techniques

Use talk to enhance learning in geography

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11 October 2024
Tips and techniques

Resources and ideas to deepen learning

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy across the curriculum, oracy in Geography, thinking questions, talk/oracy games

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