Topsy Page 12 December 2025 Tips and techniques Festive oracy: playful ways to practise speaking and listening skills Topsy Page 12 December 2025 Tips and techniques Seasonal versions of some well-known oracy games
Topsy Page 12 December 2025 Professional development Implementing Oracy programme – places remaining Topsy Page 12 December 2025 Professional development Learn how to embed excellent oracy practice – programme starts Fri 16 Jan
Topsy Page 5 December 2025 Tips and techniques Speaker, questioner, summariser Topsy Page 5 December 2025 Tips and techniques Three oracy roles for working in groups
Topsy Page 5 December 2025 Recommended reading, Tips and techniques Coming soon! My oracy book for secondary teachers Topsy Page 5 December 2025 Recommended reading, Tips and techniques Published 15 Jan 2026, with Alan Howe
Topsy Page 28 November 2025 Thoughts Belief before strategy Topsy Page 28 November 2025 Thoughts Your attitude is everything
Topsy Page 21 November 2025 Tips and techniques Concentric circles – oracy structure Topsy Page 21 November 2025 Tips and techniques A great way to get students used to talking to different people
Topsy Page 14 November 2025 P4C/Talk stimulus The Rabbit Listened – P4C/Oracy stimulus Topsy Page 14 November 2025 P4C/Talk stimulus A beautiful book about listening
Topsy Page 7 November 2025 Tips and techniques 'You said, I think' – oracy structure Topsy Page 7 November 2025 Tips and techniques A surprisingly simple way to improve listening and dialogue
Topsy Page 31 October 2025 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Have you tried describe and draw? Oracy activity Topsy Page 31 October 2025 Tips and techniques, Practical examples A structure which develops speaking and listening, and can be used across the curriculum
Topsy Page 24 October 2025 Practical examples, Tips and techniques Using dice for accountability in group work Topsy Page 24 October 2025 Practical examples, Tips and techniques How one teacher raises accountability using a quick and simple technique
Topsy Page 17 October 2025 Tips and techniques If you want them to collaborate, stop giving out individual resources! Topsy Page 17 October 2025 Tips and techniques Collaboration is much more likely when pupils have to do a shared piece of work
Topsy Page 10 October 2025 P4C/Talk stimulus Provocative image – child labour – P4C stimulus Topsy Page 10 October 2025 P4C/Talk stimulus Is it ever right for a child to work?
Topsy Page 3 October 2025 Tips and techniques Opinion continuum – oracy activity Topsy Page 3 October 2025 Tips and techniques Get students thinking and talking.
Topsy Page 26 September 2025 Thoughts, Tips and techniques Three recurring findings from talk audits Topsy Page 26 September 2025 Thoughts, Tips and techniques Time to raise your oracy game?
Topsy Page 19 September 2025 Tips and techniques Get them talking in maths Topsy Page 19 September 2025 Tips and techniques Twenty talking points you can use today
Topsy Page 12 September 2025 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Saying it out loud really helps you remember Topsy Page 12 September 2025 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Give students opportunities to say and apply new vocabulary
Topsy Page 5 September 2025 Tips and techniques, Thoughts Progress in P4C goes beyond skills! Topsy Page 5 September 2025 Tips and techniques, Thoughts Where are your students up to?
Topsy Page 5 September 2025 Recommended reading Thoughtful – the new name for SAPERE Topsy Page 5 September 2025 Recommended reading A new name to encompass everything the P4C charity represents
Topsy Page 29 August 2025 Thoughts, Tips and techniques Listening culture Topsy Page 29 August 2025 Thoughts, Tips and techniques Emphasising listening to each other rather than talking to each other
Topsy Page 22 August 2025 Tips and techniques, Research The importance of ground rules Topsy Page 22 August 2025 Tips and techniques, Research One of the essential foundations for effective learning talk
