Debate topics for KS3 (ages 11-14)

oracy workshops for KS3 (ages 11-14)

Full of fun confidence-building games, these workshops develop the skills of speaking in public.

Full of fun confidence-building games, these workshops develop the skills of speaking in public. They cover voice projection and vocal variety, body language, structure, language and audience awareness. A brilliant way to give students a boost with this valuable life skill.

Full of fun confidence-building games, these workshops develop the skills of speaking in public. They cover voice projection and vocal variety, body language, structure, language and audience awareness. A brilliant way to give students a boost with this valuable life skill.

Our main workshop is fully interactive in smaller groups, but we can also run presentations on public speaking skills for whole cohorts.

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

Debating is a terrific way to extend your pupils’ confident, persuasive speaking, careful, active listening and reasoned, critical thinking.

Debating is a terrific way to extend your pupils’ confident, persuasive speaking, careful, active listening and reasoned, critical thinking. 

Our beginner workshops introduce a class to parliamentary debating. Full of games and activities to build their confidence, the workshops end with a full debate. We can choose the topics or liaise with you to theme them around your curriculum or school priorities.

We’ve debated suffragettes, evacuees, fairytales and (currently the most popular), should children be allowed phones?

If your students aren’t beginners, get in touch to find out how one of our champion coaches can extend their skills further. 

Debating is a terrific way to extend your pupils’ confident, persuasive speaking, careful, active listening and reasoned, critical thinking. 

Our beginner workshops introduce a class to parliamentary debating. Full of games and activities to build their confidence, the workshops end with a full debate.

We can choose the topics or liaise with you to theme them around your curriculum or school priorities. Topics around social media and British values are often popular choices. 

If your students aren’t beginners, get in touch to find out how one of our champion coaches can extend their skills further. 

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

A joyful drama workshop designed to build students’ skills in spontaneous speaking, character formation and working in groups.

A joyful drama workshop designed to build students skills in spontaneous speaking, character formation and working in groups. Fully practical and interactive and a great fun way to build confidence in oracy. 

A joyful drama workshop designed to build students skills in spontaneous speaking, character formation and working in groups. Fully practical and interactive and a great fun way to build confidence in oracy.

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

Exciting days of impactful activities, to develop general oracy skills, or explore curriculum content.

We work with whole cohorts or identified groups. Schools bring us in to:

  • extend their high-achieving pupils
  • train up their school council or student leaders
  • give targeted support to identified groups
  • run off-timetable days for whole year groups.

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

An excellent way to engage students with the British democratic process and current affairs while improving their critical oracy and debating skills.

An excellent way to engage students with the British democratic process and current affairs while improving their critical oracy and debating skills. Students are assigned political parties and portfolios and debate a number of topical issues during these popular workshop days.

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

A brilliant way to engage with global issues and build discussion and debate skills.

A brilliant way to engage with global issues and build discussion and debate skills.

Model United Nations involves assigning each student a country and then giving them thorny global issues and a structure to attempt to form consensus for addressing the problems.

A simplified version for upper key stage two chooses an issue such as “should everyone in the world stop eating meat?” and helps pupils understand a variety of global perspectives and contexts. 

A brilliant way to engage with global issues and build discussion and debate skills.

Model United Nations involves assigning each student a country and then giving them thorny global issues and a structure to attempt to form consensus for addressing the problems.

Email debbie@noisyclassroom.com to discuss your school’s needs and make a booking.

PDFs for KS3 (ages 11-14)