Oracy And Beyond

“Sometimes the quietest student in the classroom has the most to say — they just need the right space to say it.” - Veronique Trang<p>Being a child with a head full of ideas and suggestions but lacking the confidence or...

<p>"Oracy has a power for social mobility and opportunities for those that maybe don't have the language in their upbringing. That's not to say that oracy is gonna solve all of the problems in society, but as educators...

<p>"To me, oracy is life. We are animals from time beyond. If we've been evolved to communicate, we need to communicate to survive. So, it's life, isn't it?" - Shilpa Jamieson</p><p>Shilpa Jamieson is family coach, a...

<p>"Oracy is like air because it's all around us. It's for everybody." - Hanna Beech</p><p>In this episode Hanna Beech discusses how oracy is like air: essential and omnipresent. </p><p>She talks about its role in...

<p>"Teachers spend their whole life using their voice, so supporting teachers, not just in terms of how they teach oracy, but also in their own Orocy skills is very important." - Georgie Ross</p><p>As Oracy Coach at the...

<p>"We're not born with language. We're born with communication, skills and desire, but we're not born with the words to get needs met." - Dr. Maddi Popoola</p><p>In this episode I am joined by Educational Psychologist...

<p>"Oracy has got this opportunity to give people a voice and for them to recognise what it is to be heard." - Alice Pepper</p><p>In this first episode since the Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report, I chat...

<p>"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</p><p>Hello, I'm the host or Oracy And Beyond, Al...

<p>"Oracy is truly inclusive. It's not about speaking perfectly but about giving students the confidence and skills to express themselves authentically." - Laura Brogan</p><p>Laura Brogan is the National Education Lead...

<p>"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...

<p>"Mistakes are okay. If you're making mistakes, it shows that you're trying something and that you're working on it." - Pete Munroe</p><p>Once upon a time in a radio station boardroom a new Managing Director was...

<p>"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...

<p>"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...

<p>"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...

<p>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)...