Oracy

Oracy Leaders

Our leaders for Oracy at St James' are Mrs Malik and Miss Bryan and each year the Oracy Pupil Voice Group helps to drive the importance of oracy in our school.

What is Oracy?

Oracy is the ability to articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through spoken language.

In school, oracy is a powerful tool for learning; by teaching students to become more effective speakers and listeners we empower them to better understand themselves, each other and the world around them. It is also a route to social mobility, empowering all students, not just some, to find their voice to succeed in school and life.

At St James' we believe in the importance of oracy and teach it discreetly from Reception to Year 6. Oracy outcomes are woven into the curriculum, focusing on progression, to give all children at St James the opportunity to develop these important life skills.

Talk Rules 2024/25

Each class has a set of talk rules that they agree together and these talk rules are regularly referred to in class. These talk rules are progressive and allow children to become good communicators and listeners.

Our Oracy Pupil Voice Group.

Click on the picture below to see what the Oracy PV Group are up to through the year.

Oracy Outcomes 2024/2025

No Pens Day

Wednesday 27th November 2024

St James' put down their pens (and pencils) for a fun day of speaking and listening activities. There were lots of opportunities for the children to develop and show their oracy skills. Each class had a show and tell where they brought in an item at home that they talked about in their KAGAN groups. They then presented one of those items to the whole class.

Every class took part in a class debate and the teachers were really impressed with how the children explained their opinions to the rest of the class.

No Pens Day Excellence Awards

One child from each class was chosen to receive a certificate in Friday's Celebration Worship. They really stood out on the day and the members of the Oracy Pupil Voice Group helped their teacher to choose the winner of this award.

Oracy Outcomes 2023/2024

Each lunchtime we have a different Dine and Dialogue on the big screen in the hall to promote Oracy. It's great to hear the conversations that go on each day.

Operation Oracy Day

27^th January 2023

On Wednesday 27th January we had Operation Oracy Day which was a day full of speaking and listening to help build our confidence.  It was a very fun day which also helped us develop our team working skills.

We had no pens in class so it really did put our oracy skills to the test! We did some drama, some budding reading and some outdoor learning too.  We sat together with different classes at lunchtime.  We felt excited because we could talk to other children in other classes. We played out with different classes which was fun because we could talk to new friends and our siblings.

Thank you for all the enthusiastic oracy skills that we saw when we walked around school on Wednesday afternoon. We awarded certificates for super oracy skills and to those who we thought made the most progress during the day. What a fantastic day!

The Oracy Pupil Voice Group

Miss Bryan, Mrs Malik and Mrs Tindall would like to say a huge thank you to Logan, Charlie, Jaiya, Benjamin, Muhammed-Yusuf, Emily, Esme-Rose, Cody, Mason and Ameya for arranging such an amazing day.  Well done!

Dine & Dialogue 

Y5 BATTLE OF BRITAIN NEWS REPORTS 2022/23

As part of our history learning, we presented news reports about why we think that Britain won the Battle of Britain.

World Book Day 2022

This year, we focused on building our vocabulary and oracy skills on World Book Day. 

Everyone came to school dressed up as a 'word' and took part in a vocabulary parade.

In each class, a wordle was created to celebrate all the words the class had collected. 

To develop our oracy skills, each class created a performance using their words. There were songs, raps, stories and drama! In the afternoon, we watched everyone's performances and voted for our favourites. The winner was Year 6 and the runner up was Year 2! Watch their performances below! 

The PTFA also arranged a pre-loved book sale in the hall. Lots of children brought home some lovely books and we raised lots of money! Thank you, PTFA!

Year 5 2021/2022