Oracy Commision report blog

Reflections on the Oracy Education Commission Report


The Oracy Education Commission Report was released on Tuesday 8th October to a wide and eagerly awaiting audience.


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The Birth of a New Book


It really is like a birthday when the first copies of your new book arrive! On August 29th we celebrated a birthday – in a very large cardboard box.


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School Speak Oracy


I was sent a link to an ongoing discussion on Twitter about the ethics of teaching children who do not speak in Standard English to do so. There are clearly many people who feel great sensitivity around this area – and that is totally understandable.


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Oracy Is Not Just Speaking and Listening


I visit schools who are doing ‘oracy’ and I see speaking and listening!


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Technical Grammar in Primary


I recently started a Twitter debate about the merits and disadvantages of the formal teaching of technical terminology for grammar.


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Reflections on It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher


It is now 4 years since we published ‘It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher’, and it is gratifying how popular this little book has become.


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Oracy in Practice


Currently, I am working with a school very close to my heart on the development of oracy...


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Oracy: Is that All it Is?


For those of us who were teaching in state school classrooms in 1989 and beyond, the introduction of the original National Curriculum for England came as a total shock...


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Top Tips for Teaching Suave Words


As so often happens, the more I watch children at work in the classroom, the more examples and ideas for additional support spring to mind...


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A Ray of Hope


What a year! Schools and teachers everywhere have done such a great job in the face of so many repeated crises...


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Suave word of the week resource with the word 'splendid'

Be Word Wise


Since 1997, I have actively promoted the pro-active teaching of ambitious vocabulary in both primary and secondary schools...


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Be the Teacher


‘Be the Teacher’ is a simple, fun and effective way for children to achieve multiple exposures / opportunities to embed new language features or correct use of English...


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Be the Speaker


Talk:Write embraces public speaking, making it accessible to all so that every child may learn to speak clearly and confidently, with expression, with passion if appropriate and with deep sincerity...


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Don’t Dis Ma Dialect


What fun we are having with dialects! It started as part of writing our new resource Talk:Write, aimed at improving children’s speech and writing through talk.


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Vocabulary – Research and Practice


A well-respected English Consultant – whom I hold in high regard – posted a Twitter link to extremely current research on teaching new vocabulary...


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Teacher Wellbeing


Recently I read an excellent Q&A session published by TeachCare. It led to my getting involved in a brief discussion on Twitter...


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International Women’s Day


I lay in bed and listened to the 24-hour news. A young lady kidnapped, abused and murdered by a policeman. Women saying they are afraid to walk our streets at night. I am afraid to walk our streets at night. Was it ever thus?


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Stamina with Style


Building stamina with style is very achievable - it is about expectation. And expectations shape outcomes – so Robert Rosenthal said in November 2003.


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Chapter 1 of It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher


Times have changed so much over the years. When I started teaching in 1965, there was no help at all.


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Filmclasspod


Recently, I was privileged to record a podcast with Shain and Sean for @filmclasspod.


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The Launch of It Takes 5 Years…


What a happy day Saturday 24th October 2020 was! That was the day we held a virtual launch of #ItTakes5Years…


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It Takes 5 Years…


“Do you remember telling me it takes five years to become a fully effective teacher?” she asked.


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Scottish Exam Results


If the reason many students’ grades were lowered was truly their post code, it is not surprising that the powers that be are humiliated. The First Minister admitted that ‘serious errors were made’.


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Myrtle Marple


I love this book! I had great fun writing both the first two books of this series – yes, the second has been finished as long as this first one – it just hasn’t gone through publishing yet.


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A Nerve Wracking Week


I thought I would be so excited when my first 2 books for entertainment arrived from the publisher. Of course, I had already had several educational books published but that was not the same.


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#ThankATeacher


Today is May 20th – the national ‘Thank a Teacher Day’. Now I am a 24 hour news addict and have already listened to and part watched 3 hours of the BBC 24 hour news, but I haven’t heard anyone thank a teacher for anything. So here is my thank you to educators.


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Reflections


Welcome to my website. Whether you are wanting to read a blog, get some ideas for resources, book an input for a conference or other professional development, catch up on my books or just see what I am up to – this is the place to be.


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It’s Just a Journey


My life has been one heck of a journey, taking me halfway round the world and back and punctuated by many funny, scary and traumatic experiences on the way. My talks have long reflected this and now – to my pride – my new book, ‘It’s Just a Journey with Ros’ tells the tale.


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Curriculum Issues and Challenges


As the end approaches to a very large assignment of planning a customised whole school curriculum for a primary school chain, I realise that this initiative has challenged my thinking on the curriculum and its role in learning in ways this type of work never has done before.


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Home Schooling Advice for Parents and Teachers


The National Literacy Trust estimates that 5.1 million adults in the UK are illiterate, with a reading and writing age below aged 11. That is not ‘illiterate’. ‘Illiterate means ‘unable to read or write’ according to the dictionary.


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