Oracy to Enhance Learning

Support meaningful classroom discussion and develop confident communicators with this comprehensive collection of ready-to-use oracy activity templates. Designed to promote high-quality talk across the curriculum, these adaptable resources help pupils explain, justify, challenge and refine their thinking through purposeful discussion.

Each strategy includes an easy-to-use template that can be applied to almost any lesson or subject, making it simple to embed oracy into everyday teaching while increasing engagement and deepening understanding.

Templates include:

Always, Sometimes, Never
Back to Back
Balloon Debate
Concept Cartoons
Consensus Circle
Diamond 9
Examples and Non-Examples
If I Ruled the World
Opinion Line
Sorting to Match
Summary Bullseye
Talking Points
Which One Does Not Belong?
Would You Rather?

Perfect for:

Whole-class discussions
Science enquiry and reasoning
Maths reasoning
Reading and comprehension
PSHE and RE
Retrieval and review activities
Collaborative learning
Developing reasoning, vocabulary and confidence in speaking

Whether you’re introducing a new concept, encouraging deeper thinking or assessing understanding through talk, these versatile templates provide practical, engaging ways to elevate classroom discussion and make oracy an integral part of every lesson.