The Oracy And Beyond podcast brings together people who are passionate about the transformative effects oracy can have in helping young people find their voice and their confidence. Through sharing their own experiences of seeing the difference oracy in a classroom setting can have, as well as looking back on the difference oracy would have made to their own school days, Oracy And Beyond offers anecdotes as well as expert thoughts and ideas. Hosted by Al Booth, broadcaster and founder of You ...
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Oracy And Children's Stories: Looking back at my guests' stories of how Oracy has changed children's lives.
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"Listen to the song here in my heart. A melody I start, but can't complete. Listen to the sound from deep within, it's only beginning to find release." - Beyonce Hello, I'm the host or Oracy And Beyond, Al Booth. I always like to start these notes with a quote from the guest featured in the episode. In this episode, however, my first six guests are…
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Oracy In Phonics: How children can thrive when they are given the oracy skills to express themselves authentically. - Laura Brogan
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"Oracy is truly inclusive. It's not about speaking perfectly but about giving students the confidence and skills to express themselves authentically." - Laura Brogan Laura Brogan is the National Education Lead for Phonics and Early Reading at Twinkle Educational Publishing. She is passionate about helping children find their voice by starting where…
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Oracy In Philosophy: How the oldest form of debate can give a voice to young people - Bob Coenraats
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"We need to find what's inside children's minds if we want to teach them. We need to find what they find important before we take the hassle of teaching them about history or geometry or something." - Bob Coenraats In this episode of Oracy And Beyond we are in The Netherlands to talk to philosophy teacher and passionate oracy advocate Bob Coenraats…
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Oracy In Science: How debating scientific theories can change the world's future - Peter Munroe
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"Mistakes are okay. If you're making mistakes, it shows that you're trying something and that you're working on it." - Pete Munroe Once upon a time in a radio station boardroom a new Managing Director was giving a talk to the on-air team. During her introduction she said she wanted to see mistakes. She wanted to see ideas that didn't come off. Beca…
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Oracy As An Epiphany: How listening is a vital way of teaching - Louise Pickering
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"I'm talking too much and I'm not letting anyone else speak, and that will be impacting students all the time in my classroom. It's not just the students' oracy; it's mine too. And the staff in the room. That was my epiphany." Louise Pickering is the Head of Social Sciences at Weavers Academy, part of the Creative Education Trust. Louise admits to …
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Oracy By Numbers: How Maths Is Transformed By Talking - Caroline Hudson
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"I would deliberately do bits wrong, and they could tell me. And they did it in pairs, they did it in fours, they did it where they were starting off with a question, or they were halfway through a question. For me, that was like the prime example of how we could prove that oracy was just a brilliant way of doing things." Caroline Hudson is The Kit…
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Oracy for the Community: fostering oracy in school and at home - Michelle Windridge (Twinkl)
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"I was painfully shy. I am dyslexic as well. If I could get through a day without speaking and having anyone look at me, then that was a success. But then because of that, because the way that education was back then, I never developed those skills needed and that vocabulary needed." Michelle Windridge is the National Education Lead for school-base…
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Oracy and beyond exists to celebrate the fact that Oracy IS equity. On this show I chat to anyone who is passionate about oracy, and more so about helping young people discover their voice (and their confidence) through communication. I'll talk to people from education who have been and are in classrooms, to experts in the field, to people for who …
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