Today’s blog post is from Sarah Spikesley, a teacher at Hinchingbrooke school. As teaching professionals, it can sometimes seem as though the only time students..

My colleague Alice attended a Voice21 Oracy session on meta-cognition and was excited to talk to me about the idea that pupils should reflect on..

There is no doubt that debating is a superb activity for stretching the most able students. It allows them to use their higher order thinking..

Welcome to Competitions Week here at Noisy Classroom, where we’re dedicating  a whole week’s worth of blog posts to debating competitions. Hopefully you’ll read our..

Welcome to Competitions Week here at Noisy Classroom, where we’re dedicating  a whole week’s worth of blog posts to debating and oracy competitions. Hopefully you’ll..

  Welcome to Competitions Week here at Noisy Classroom, where we’re dedicating  a whole week’s worth of blog posts to debating competitions. Hopefully you’ll read..

  Welcome to Competitions Week here at Noisy Classroom, where we’re dedicating  a whole week’s worth of blog posts to debating competitions. Hopefully you’ll read..

  Learning to speak in front of an audience, and present your ideas in a way that is clear, concise and compelling is an essential..

I accompanied a group of 8 debaters from Clapton Girls’ Academy to the World Schools Debate Academy in mid-June. Now, while at Noisy Classroom we..