Oracy

Training to explore and develop oracy; both inside the classroom and out. The session will consider a range of effective approaches and support teachers in successful deployment of these within their own lessons.

This session is aimed at Teachers in all phases and is being run twice throughout the day, the morning session is 09.15 – 11.45am and the afternoon session is 1.15 – 3.45pm, please select which session you want to attend when making your booking. If you are booking as an ECT in Year 2 or on behalf of an ECT in Year 2, please do not use this page and instead book via the form that has been shared in the fortnightly bulletin.

Refreshments will be available during registration which is from 8.45 for the AM session and 12.45 for the PM session.

About the facilitators

Sally-Ann Enright has been a teacher of English at secondary level for 36 years, and at Wood Green School Witney for 30 of those. She is the whole school literacy lead, and has delivered training on reading skills, extended writing for GCSE and most recently, oracy. Wood Green School offers a course in year 7 and 8 developing students’ oracy and critical thinking skills, which Sally-Ann created and which she leads a team of teachers to deliver each year. This involves philosophical enquiry, discussion skills, public speaking and formal debating as well as the critical reading skills which inform the ways students navigate digital media. Sally-Ann mentors Early Career and SCITT colleagues and now combines part time teaching with acting as a visiting tutor on the SCITT and delivering facilitated in person sessions for Early Career Teachers.

Linda Hull has been a primary teacher and leader in Oxfordshire for 24 years, including a number of years as an Advanced Skills Teacher and nearly 10 years as a Headteacher. Her enthusiasm and passion for the primary curriculum is boundless, with a background in History and Museum education, many years as a Mathematics Subject Lead and Specialist Teacher and experience in every year group across the primary phase. Linda joined the SCITT team as Primary Subject Specialist in 2022 and has increased her role to include significant responsibilities in Quality Assurance and Wellbeing too.

Payment

Payment is required at the time of booking by credit card, debit card or Paypal. Unless otherwise stated, a ticket gives admission to one person at face-to-face and online events. In the event that you share an online event link with other people who then attend the event, including sharing your screen, or you arrive at a venue without a ticket and we are able to admit you, we will invoice you or your organisation for additional tickets retrospectively.

Refunds

No refunds will be given with less than 30 days notice.

In the event of a refund request, please note that the Eventbrite booking fee of 6.95% plus 0.59p per ticket is not refundable.

To keep our event fees as low as possible, we are not able to issue invoices for payment by cheque or bank transfer and we are not able to reserve places without payment.

We strongly recommend that you take out ‘event ticket insurance’ which may cover the cost of your fee should you be unable to attend the event.