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21 June 2024
Research, Tips and techniques

Participation, elaboration and challenge

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21 June 2024
Research, Tips and techniques

Three vital ingredients

Tagged: talk/oracy, participation, elaboration, respectful challenge, whole-class talk, talk moves, oracy structures

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14 June 2024
Tips and techniques

How long should thinking time be?

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14 June 2024
Tips and techniques

Improve the quality of spoken responses

Tagged: talk/oracy, thinking time

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7 June 2024
Practical examples

What teachers say about P4C

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7 June 2024
Practical examples

Impact of Philosophy for Children

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), teacher voice, turn-taking, listening, community-building, talk/oracy, participation, SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities), impact

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31 May 2024
Tips and techniques

Three is the magic number

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31 May 2024
Tips and techniques

A step towards effective group talk

Tagged: talk/oracy, group talk, group size

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24 May 2024
Tips and techniques

Five steps to start building pupil dialogue

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24 May 2024
Tips and techniques

Foundations for dialogue and P4C in your classroom

Tagged: talk/oracy, dialogue, P4C facilitation, P4C (Philosophy for Children), circle time, ground rules / talk agreement, pupil talk, talk prompts

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17 May 2024
Tips and techniques

Invite them to speak

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17 May 2024
Tips and techniques

Provide opportunities to develop confidence

Tagged: talk/oracy, less confident talkers / 'quiet children', whole-class talk, participation

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10 May 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Animals on beaches – P4C/Talk stimulus

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10 May 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

What will your class wonder when they watch this?

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

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3 May 2024
Recommended reading

Does talk help learning in maths?

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3 May 2024
Recommended reading

Essential listening for maths teachers

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy across the curriculum, oracy in maths

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26 April 2024
Resources

Oracy vision statements

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26 April 2024
Resources

High-quality classroom talk – what does it look like?

Tagged: talk/oracy

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19 April 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus, Tips and techniques

Talking about art – oracy activity

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19 April 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus, Tips and techniques

Use talking points to get students thinking and talking about a painting

Tagged: oracy across the curriculum, oracy activities, talk/oracy, critical thinking, collaborative thinking, talking points, exploratory talk

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12 April 2024
Tips and techniques

Oracy activity – 'Find someone who...'

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12 April 2024
Tips and techniques

A great way of revisiting prior learning by speaking to different people

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy activities

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5 April 2024
Practical examples, P4C/Talk stimulus

Hoops of happiness

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5 April 2024
Practical examples, P4C/Talk stimulus

An activity where participants wonder about the main ingredients for happiness

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), critical thinking

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29 March 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Robot pets – P4C stimulus

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29 March 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Explore concepts including love, technology and what makes something real

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

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22 March 2024
Tips and techniques

What does collaborative thinking look like in P4C?

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22 March 2024
Tips and techniques

A detailed description including building, helping, sharing and working together

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), collaborative thinking, whole-class talk, pair talk / talk partners, listening, circle time, caring thinking, modelling, talk prompts, P4C facilitation, peer support

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15 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

'Ping-pong' – a simple talk partner structure

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15 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Examples of purposeful talk for learning

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk/oracy in Literacy, young children, vocabulary, pair talk / talk partners, learning through talk, pupil talk, turn-taking, writing, oral rehearsal, oracy across the curriculum, talk/oracy games

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8 March 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Should we be worried about screen time?

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8 March 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Let’s start talking about the impact screen time might be having on language development

Tagged: early years / EYFS, young children, talk/oracy, screens

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1 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Recommended reading

The 4Cs of P4C

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1 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Recommended reading

Explaining caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking

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

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23 February 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Dim the sun? P4C stimulus

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23 February 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

A radical proposal for the future

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

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16 February 2024
Tips and techniques

Talk to the blue bean bag!

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16 February 2024
Tips and techniques

Oracy skills development - using different volumes

Tagged: talk/oracy, audibility, physical oracy skills, talk/oracy games, oracy activities

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9 February 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples, Research

TWiTCH – developing thinking and talk in young children

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9 February 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples, Research

The power of stories in small groups

Tagged: talk/oracy, early years / EYFS, pupil talk, reasoning, repetition, young children, vocabulary, traditional tales, impact

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