What is oracy?
Oracy is the ability to use spoken language to communicate effectively, articulate ideas and listen to others.
At Moor Park we want our children to be confident communicators and engage in talk for different purposes.
Our curriculum is designed to develop children's oracy skills by offering new opportunities for oracy which build on previous skills.
Children have opportunities to engage in exploratory talk which supports them to explain and justify ideas. They develop their subject knowledge and vocabulary through purposeful interactions with others.
Children take part in presentational oracy activities with an authentic talk purpose and audience which builds children's confidence to speak and listen in different contexts.
All staff encourage the use of oracy skills within the classroom and during social times. Our oracy assemblies are opportunities to model and support children to apply these important skills.
We are proud to be working with Voice 21 to develop our children's oracy skills. We know that having good communication skills can increase children's opportunities to find success in further education and work.
"Moor Park is a loving, supportive and ambitious environment for its pupils. The vision for oracy is giving children a voice. They want to use oracy for learning, but also for empowerment. On the listening walk, we saw some fantastic practice.
Across school, listening behaviour was exceptional."
Feedback from Voice 21 Consultancy Day February 2026
"Speaking is basically just thinking, but so other people can understand you!" - Year 6 Pupil.
"Reading and writing float on a sea of talk." - James Britton