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These courses are popular with those who wish to interact with colleagues from other schools and share ideas. Can't make the date? No problem, we can give you access to the recording and course materials.

It was fantastic to hear about how a system should be embedded within a school setting. I loved hearing about Tongue Fu Talking and am extremely interested in purchasing for the next academic year. 100/100!

Bethany Page, Assistant Head
St. John's Primary School, Oxfordshire

Fantastic as always Chris - thank you!

Thank you so much - as usual, today has been thought-provoking from start to finish.  I'll definitely be using the vocabulary games as starter activities next week, and I will be introducing the Think-aloud Crowd across the curriculum to help children use metacognitive strategies in their learning.

This has been so useful with lots of great ideas to try out, thankyou.

Thanks very much Chris, another brilliant webinar.

Thank you so much, I can't wait to get started.

Thanks for the Oracy Webinar. Lots of great ideas and tangible activities shared.

Thank you for the wealth of resources you have provided and a great overview of oracy in practise!

Thank you so much - amazing information and resources.

Thank you, Chris, for a thought provoking day around Oracy. The resources are brilliant and provide the tools to develop a more formal approach to champion Oracy across our school.

Thank you for the detailed and very well delivered Oracy CPD.

Thanks for the Oracy webinar. Lots of great ideas and tangible activities shared.

Very clear diagrams, explained well. 10/10

Samantha Crinnion
St . Georges School

Chris sharing information as a knowledgeable expert who is able to express himself clearly and in an engaging manner was useful. Initial theory and links to cognitive educational practice were also useful.  The Metacognition Live Webinar clearly identified strategies to support children develop metacognition through various practice, including generative activity.

Suzanne Chapman
Harlow Green Community Primary School
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The Six Tests of a Serious Oracy Curriculum
The Six Tests of a Serious Oracy Curriculum
14th Jun 2026
Much of the current discussion about oracy focuses on creating a culture of talk, increasing discussion opportunities and encouraging student participation. This article argues that these are not curricula. A serious oracy curriculum must first specify what students are expected to learn. It proposes six tests: defining a body of communication knowledge, rooting talk in meaningful content, teaching knowledge about communication itself, developing metacognition, specifying progression and making assessment possible through exemplification. Using Tongue Fu Talking® as an example, the article argues that effective oracy education depends not on more talk, but on a clearly defined, progressive and assessable communication curriculum.
Does your school have a planned vocabulary spine?
Does your school have a planned vocabulary spine?
19th May 2026
A planned vocabulary spine can transform the way students think, speak and learn.This blog explores why carefully sequenced vocabulary teaching matters, how Tongue Fu Talking® brings vocabulary, metacognition and oracy together through the Five-a-Week Vocabulary Spine, and how students can move beyond simply learning definitions to using words to reason, explain and communicate with increasing precision.
Oracy and Metacognition: Why Talk Is Thinking Made Visible
Oracy and Metacognition: Why Talk Is Thinking Made Visible
24th Apr 2026
There is a persistent misconception in schools that oracy is about performance. Clear voice. Confident delivery. Polished presentation.That is part of it.But it comes later.Before students can present ideas, they have to form them. And that process is not silent. It is shaped through talk.This is where oracy and metacognition meet.
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