Wonderful @BBCBreakfast report on VE Mail this morning with the incredible Bombardier Tom Jones, aged 103! Sign up (for free) to connect your school/youth organisation with a WW2 Veteran to share their story for VEDay80
www.together.org.uk/vemail

The @oracycommission.bsky.social's achievements & steps for high-quality #oracy education will be discussed at the Speaking Summit with Baz Ramaiah @beccyearnshaw.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social & Tim Oates CBE.

Get your tickets👇
speakingsummit.voice21.org/home

“We need a new ‘basics’ that includes #oracy (high-quality speaking) and digital skills … There is broad cross-party consensus that the exam system is distorting the curriculum. Radical reform is needed here too …”: @peterhyman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com [£]: www.ft.com/content/4a62...

With the interim report due soon, will the Curriculum and Assessment Review rise to its potential? - @peterhyman.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com sets out why it’s time to be bold…
www.ft.com/content/4a62...

If you're interested in how we forge agreement in these polarized times, the RSC's Kyoto (now at Soho Place) is a must-see! It's a gripping narrative of power, responsibility, the quest for consensus, and the importance of grammar…I urge you to go see it {no brackets}.
sohoplace.org/shows/kyoto

Great to be at #IncludED25 to listen to @jonnyuttley.bsky.social speaking so much sense & making an impassioned case for an education system based on collaboration not competition between schools.

Last year, lots of us were talking about #oracy. Here’s a quick retrospective:

Oracy isn’t new. A useful discussion of what oracy means and why it matters to children’s learning and personal development is here, via our ‘Speaking Volumes’ papers:

oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/wp-content/u...

If Calsberg made hotel room views!

I agree with Oli: “Young people report a lack of speaking, listening, teamwork, and leadership skills, despite their importance to the world of work … The recent Oracy Commission report also points to solving the problem”: @olidebotton.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/what-can-sch...

Luna the lurcher is a master in the art of staying warm - always keep your extremities (in her case her extra long snout) tucked in and cosy.

I’m worried I am going to go into a slump once the dopamine hit from the initial surge of new followers you get on BlueSky wears off!

Lots of mentions of oracy at today’s Curriculum & Assessment Review roadshow in a not-so-sunny Folkestone, and a plug for the Oracy Commission report in the House of Lords yesterday… delighted that everyone is still talking about oracy @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social