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Oracy Training - 47 editable slides and supporting resources
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Oracy Training - 47 editable slides and supporting resources

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This is an oracy staff meeting. The slides are in PowerPoint and are fully editable. I have added some notes on slides which may need further explanation. Included: powerpoint 47 slides fully editable oracy progression map fully editable discussion roles poster NOT editable discussion rules poster NOT editable
Oracy 'Talk like a ...' Cards 11 subject bundle
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Oracy 'Talk like a ...' Cards 11 subject bundle

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Contains Talk Like a… Reader Writer Mathematician Musician Good Citizen Theologist Artist Scientist Designer Geographer Historian The sentence stems on the cards support discussions and writing! There are 2-3 different levels depending on subject to allow for progression. We had these cards professionally printed at a local printers, double sided with a matt laminate to avoid any reflection of light and I would highly recommend this! If you need to keep costs lower, I would suggest buying some matt laminating pouches. The cards we use across the curriculum. Their use should be modelled and encouraged by staff. Encouarge children to challenge themselves to use a variation of stems to avoid repeating the same starters.
Safeguarding bundle
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Safeguarding bundle

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PDFS: KCSIE poster/ handout - key info for all staff Definitions of Thresholds poster/ handout - Universal, Early Help, Safeguarding - Child in Need and Child Protection Types of abuse poster/ handout - 4 main types specific forms of abuse - poster/ handout - 2 pages Editable poster to display your school’s safeguarding team - just add photos and edit the name tags/ labels. Templates cater for team of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Exploratory Talk Mat - 2 levels
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Exploratory Talk Mat - 2 levels

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Print and laminate, back to back meaning you have a slightly less complex card and a more challenging one. The cards offer sentence stems to support exploratory discussions - whole class and small group/ paired - across the curriculum.
Talk like a MATHEMATICIAN oracy cards
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Talk like a MATHEMATICIAN oracy cards

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3 sets of increasing complexity. Each set is a double sided A4 card. These go along with the other talk like… cards on my TES store to support and promote oracy in the classroom. Designed to be printed back to back and laminated, we use these cards one between 2 as a resource in class.
Emotion cards bundle EYFS, KS1 and KS2 sets
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Emotion cards bundle EYFS, KS1 and KS2 sets

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The cards feature emotion trees showcasing groups of words for each emotion. EYFS cards - add your own character or image on top of the coloured auras - we use the colour monster images KS1 and KS2 - you can just use the cards with the emotion sign posts or you can add your own characters or images at the bottom of each tree. We used the characters from Inside Out. See instagram page for preview of how we have added images to the cards. If you would like a copy of the characters I have used drop me your email address and I can send you them.
Handwriting bundle
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Handwriting bundle

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Includes: KS1 and KS2 handwriting baseline assessment set - KS1 setence to copy, KS2 poem to copy, KS1 ‘handwriting journey’ recording sheet, KS2 'handwriting journey ’ recording sheets - Autumn, Spring, Summer. Basline overview sheet, print analysis sheet, joining analysis sheet Display pack - forming numbers, forming letters, handwriting seating position, letter sets
Emotion discussion sheets
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Emotion discussion sheets

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We printed these to A3 and used them to record our class discussions around each emotion. This links to our emotions cards - available to purchase on my TES
Weekly Pic News Discussion record template
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Weekly Pic News Discussion record template

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As shown on my instagram account @journal_of_a_headteacher we use this template to record our weekly Picture News discussions and add them to a floor book. Simply summarise the week’s story and snip the images from the weekly powerpoint to add to the template - see example on page 2. Print and add notes/ post it notes to during your class discussion. Text editable. Images can be snipped from the weekly powerpoints and pasted in.
Thinking Maps Mat
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Thinking Maps Mat

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Print to A3 and laminate. Children to use to support discussions/ thinking during lessons, as part of a recap/ starter or plenary. Large section in centre allows for drawing with dry wipe pen and the reminder prompts around the outside display the thinking maps and the way thoughts/ ideas can be recorded.