Amanda Moorghen
@moorghen.bsky.social
Director of Learning, Impact and Influence @voice21oracy.bsky.social. Interested in: education, oracy, complex evaluation and Harlequins RFC. She/her.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What's that? Oracy October is your favourite time of year? You just can't get enough of hearing from the country's top oracy experts (looking at you @oracycam.bsky.social and @amygaunt.bsky.social) and leaders in Voice 21 Oracy Centres of Excellence?
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Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education.
This is an important moment for the oracy movement.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is an important moment for the oracy movement.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial
Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education.
This is an important moment for the oracy movement.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is an important moment for the oracy movement.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today's Guardian reporting 60 signatories, including @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, and two former education secretaries, calling for Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to embed oracy in the curriculum.
📣 2 years ago, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to embed #oracy in the curriculum. Today, a coalition of parliamentarians, education experts & schools are calling on him to deliver on that pledge.
Read the letter here: voice21.org/open-letter/
Read the letter here: voice21.org/open-letter/
Open Letter to the Prime Minister - Voice 21
voice21.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today's Guardian reporting 60 signatories, including @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, and two former education secretaries, calling for Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to embed oracy in the curriculum.
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? The Curriculum & Assessment Review is expected to include a focus on #oracy & yet there was not one mention of it in the interim report, but @moorghen.bsky.social @voice21oracy.bsky.social is not worried... buff.ly/kfbrb0z #teachers #edusky
Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? - SecEd
Surprisingly, the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report does not mention oracy skills
buff.ly
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? The Curriculum & Assessment Review is expected to include a focus on #oracy & yet there was not one mention of it in the interim report, but @moorghen.bsky.social @voice21oracy.bsky.social is not worried... buff.ly/kfbrb0z #teachers #edusky
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
The 2025 SLA #conference theme is Breaking Barriers and we are excited to hear from @moorghen.bsky.social who will be breaking the barrier of silence in the #library! 🤫 Amanda will explore the unique opportunity for talk offered by #schoollibraries and #librarians. @voice21oracy.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The 2025 SLA #conference theme is Breaking Barriers and we are excited to hear from @moorghen.bsky.social who will be breaking the barrier of silence in the #library! 🤫 Amanda will explore the unique opportunity for talk offered by #schoollibraries and #librarians. @voice21oracy.bsky.social
Repping @voice21oracy.bsky.social at the EPI/Hachette Roundtable on Oracy today. The evidence base for oracy is clear, but it's also clear that delivering an oracy education is a complex, long term project for a school, with teachers’ professional judgment sitting at the centre.
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Repping @voice21oracy.bsky.social at the EPI/Hachette Roundtable on Oracy today. The evidence base for oracy is clear, but it's also clear that delivering an oracy education is a complex, long term project for a school, with teachers’ professional judgment sitting at the centre.
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
“The oracy skills we use, teach and value in the science classroom differ to those used, taught and valued in the history classroom.”
Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇
voice21.org/why-you-need...
Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇
voice21.org/why-you-need...
April 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“The oracy skills we use, teach and value in the science classroom differ to those used, taught and valued in the history classroom.”
Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇
voice21.org/why-you-need...
Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇
voice21.org/why-you-need...