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Today, the Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group has published its final Speak for Change Inquiry report which highlights the devastating impact of the pandemic on the already marked spoken ‘language gap’ between disadvantaged students and their peers.    The ability to communicate effectively is an essential ingredient to both success in school and beyond. The Inquiry …

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If we really want to make a difference to students’ speaking and listening skills, we have to see oracy and debate as cross-curricular concerns and not just something for English and Drama teachers. That’s why we were so delighted to take on the commission from the PiXL Club to develop 160 Debate Stimulus Sheets covering …

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With lockdown upon us again, Noisy Classroom has stepped up its offer of online tuition in debate, public speaking, interview skills and drama. Whilst we miss being face-to-face with students in the classroom, we do enjoy the reach that online teaching gives us. This week the team have delivered a wide range of sessions from …

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Today, the Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has released an interim report which highlights that young people have unequal access to opportunities to develop their oracy skills in schools in England. It emphasises the vital importance of developing students’ confidence and competence in spoken language particularly as the disruption to children’s education over this past …

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Noisy Classroom loves working with our longterm partner, Clapton Girls’ Academy, with support from Linklaters LLP. This term we have been supporting teachers across the curriculum to use debate in the classroom, helping to build cultural capital with topic-based videos and developing a whole school PSCHE project. Years 7-11 took part in fortnightly sessions where …

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We are delighted to add a new CPD session to our existing menu. Alison, a skilled and experienced drama practitioner, has developed a session to help teachers to embed drama-based learning in their classrooms. This practical session is packed full of activities to get your class engaged with purposeful talk, bring their learning to life …

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This year Up For Debate is going online. As well as the usual access to the website full of comprehensive resources, PiXL schools who sign up this year will get online CPD sessions and the chance to enter teams into our first online championships. For more details visit www.upfordebate.co.uk.  

For the first time, Noisy Classroom is offering online tuition in debate, public speaking and interview skills. Parents can sign their children up for 5 weeks blocks of lessons either individually for £40 per session or if you can get a group of 4 students together then it is £50 for the group per session. …

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Noisy Classroom have worked with Clapton Girls’ Academy for the last ten years, supported by Linklaters in London. When schools are open we have a Debate Educator in the school for one day a week. They support subject teachers with oracy in the classroom, work with targeted groups of students and run two clubs, debate …

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With families spending more time together in their homes, how can you keep kids talking? Hopefully you can arrange some FaceTime/zoom/Skype time with their friends but the majority of their conversations are going to happen within their family. Families now have lunchtimes together and, if they were using wraparound care, possibly breakfast and dinners/teas/suppers that …

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