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9 August 2024
Recommended reading

Philosophy in Nursery

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9 August 2024
Recommended reading

A lovely article about P4C in Early Years

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), young children, listening, teacher voice, reasoning, Ofsted, early years / EYFS

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2 August 2024
Recommended reading

Communication podcast

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2 August 2024
Recommended reading

Interviews with experienced communicators, from comedians to speech writers

Tagged: talk/oracy, podcast

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26 July 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Should we stop cleaning? P4C stimulus

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26 July 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

My first encounter with a robot cleaner

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C questions, P4C / philosophical concepts, P4C stimuli, technology

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19 July 2024
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

My oracy book just published!

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19 July 2024
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

Including free preview and where to buy

Tagged: talk/oracy, whole-class talk, group talk, pair talk / talk partners, listening, talk/oracy games, oracy structures, oracy activities, oracy across the curriculum, oracy KS1, oracy KS2, leading oracy

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12 July 2024
Tips and techniques

Five games to develop listening skills

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12 July 2024
Tips and techniques

Focus in on this critical aspect of oracy

Tagged: talk/oracy, listening, games, pair talk / talk partners, creative thinking, group talk, whole-class talk, talk/oracy games

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5 July 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Oracy Ambassadors

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5 July 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

A great way for pupils to develop and practise their oracy skills

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy ambassadors, pupil voice, teacher voice, presentational talk

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28 June 2024
Practical examples

What teachers say about P4C (part 2)

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28 June 2024
Practical examples

Impact of Philosophy for Children

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), teacher voice, less confident talkers / 'quiet children', reasoning, impact

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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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