It’s the end of the first week of Oracy October 🤩 We’d love to hear how you’ve been celebrating oracy this week? 👂Don’t forget we have two free webinars next week all about listening! ✔️ Inclusive listening: how to ensure every voice is heard ✔️Cultivating a culture of listening: a whole school approach Book your space now and read more about our fantastic panel of speakers: https://lnkd.in/eSWpaEm9
Voice 21 UK
Education Administration Programs
The UK's national oracy education charity
About us
Voice 21 is the national oracy education charity. We exist to empower every child to use their voice for success in school and life. We work to transform learning and life chances through talk by increasing access to a high-quality oracy education for those that need it most. Children’s spoken language skills are one of the strongest predictors of their future life chances. Yet too many disadvantaged children arrive at school with poor communication skills, already behind their more advantaged peers. Research shows that economically disadvantaged students can be as much as 19 months behind in language development by the age of five. Left unaddressed, this gap grows rather than diminishes as students move through school. Despite widespread recognition of the importance of oracy (e.g. for learning, attainment, confidence, wellbeing, employability, civic engagement) only a minority of schools have consistent, coherent or adequately resourced provision to give it the time and status it deserves. This is where Voice 21 makes a difference. Launched in 2015, we have since grown to work with over 1,200 schools and 10,000 schools across the UK. Voice 21 believes that oracy has been undervalued and overlooked within our schools for too long denying the majority of children and young people opportunities consistently afforded to an advantaged few. It is time for change.
- Website
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https://www.voice21.org/
External link for Voice 21 UK
- Industry
- Education Administration Programs
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- UK-wide
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
Locations
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Primary
UK-wide, GB
Employees at Voice 21 UK
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Tim Stainthorpe
Head of Tech at Voice 21 - The national Oracy education charity
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Sarah M Howell
Author • Presenter • Teacher Educator • Oracy Specialist • TESOL Italy Executive Board
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Nicola Bentley
Senior Online Learning Lead at Voice 21 UK
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Hiyasmin Mattison, Chartered FCIPD
Passionate about People. PMAP People Manager of the Year 2021.
Updates
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We have loved seeing all of our Voice 21 Oracy Schools taking part in #NationalPoetryDay 😍 If you want to learn more about the power of oracy and poetry, check out this blog from our archives 👇 https://lnkd.in/egFRt7FS
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🌟 We are pleased to announce Storytelling Schools as exhibitor at this year's Great Oracy Exhibition! The Storytelling Schools method develops children's oral communication skills through story-telling and making verbal presentations. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRb5mmWX
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🎉Listen Up! Oracy October is finally here! Let us know how you’re celebrating a month of oracy 🎉 ‘Listen’ is one of the most commonly heard instructions in class. But what does it mean to actually listen, and can we teach students how to do it well? There’s still time to join us after school today for our first free webinar of the month, Can you teach listening? At 3.45 pm. Sign up below👇 https://lnkd.in/e3ft5y7C
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📢 #GOE24 Session Spotlight! This year, we've got incredible Oracy CPD in store including, learning how to use the Oracy Benchmarks to understand your school's progress and how to develop discussion guidelines for your classrooms 🌟 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ewEcNcvN
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Oracy October begins tomorrow! 🤩 Join experts from Voice 21, as well as Samaritans and Lingo and Voice 21 Oracy Schools from contexts like yours offer expert guidance on all things listening in the classroom. Don’t miss our FREE, expert-led webinars this October! Sign up below👇 https://lnkd.in/eB7Wyk5Y
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📢 #GOE24 Session Spotlight! The Great Oracy Exhibition is brimming with inspiring sessions this year! Get ready for expert advice on staff oracy CPD and tips for impactful whole-school oracy events. Take a look at what’s to come! 🌟 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eWzNKu9x
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Less than a week until our first free webinar - “Can you teach listening?” - and the start of Oracy October! Hear from experts in the field, including: 👂Lauren Colville, Training Delivery Manager at Samaritans 👂Dr Thomas Vaughan, a social psychologist with a lectureship at the University of Cardiff 👂Kate Saleh, Teacher at Corpus Christi High School The webinar takes place online on Tuesday 1st October, 3.45pm - 4.45pm and is FREE for anyone to attend. Don’t miss your chance to get involved! Sign up now! https://lnkd.in/e_QNDKPz
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1. Establish a shared understanding of oracy 2. Prioritise vocabulary in planning 3. Contextualise new vocabulary through talk 4. Monitor ownership of new vocabulary 5. Collaborate across phases For detailed practical guidance and support on developing an oracy focus towards vocabulary development👇 https://lnkd.in/eQPiYnjF