At Lovington Primary School we provide a wide range of speaking and listening opportunities for our children. Oracy is the use spoken language to develop understanding, articulate ideas, and engage with others. We know that oracy is widely recognised to boost engagement and attainment.  We encourage all our children to actively participate in all their learning experiences whilst learning and having the opportunity to express themselves clearly and respectfully. 

Engaging in high-quality oracy practices deepens understanding and is linked with greater knowledge retention, vocabulary acquisition and reasoning skills. Good oracy skills support wider literacy skills; we know that improvement in oracy is linked to improvements in reading, writing, and overall attainment. 

KS2 Performance of Oliver 

July 2024

We provide our children with a range of opportunities to develop their oracy skills.

Activities include:

• Tailored and specific activities which promote speaking and listening opportunities for all children.
• Using structured questioning to develop reading comprehension.
• Book talk - recommending books to others.
• Discussions and explanations of half termly home learning tasks.
• Opportunities for deeper discussion across a range of subjects.
• Performance of poetry and opportunities to read work aloud.
• Drama and performance plays for every year group.
• Drama club open to all year groups.
• Hot seating, conscious alleys and role play.
• High quality questioning by staff to elicit understanding and promote higher level thinking skills.
• Paired and group talk.
• Readings in Church with regular class presentations to parents and peers.
• School Council meetings
• Structured debates on a topic or question within their learning experiences.

Pippin Class - Sharing our Poetry 

Jan 2025