A 6-slide lesson on the social side of spoken language — the bits that aren’t about WHAT you say, but HOW. Covers listening attentively, taking turns, asking open questions, building on what others say, and the polite way to disagree.
These are the meta-skills that make group discussions actually work in a KS1 classroom. Designed to be shared with an adult and discussed slide by slide rather than rushed through.
A short quiz on the meta-skills of spoken language: listening attentively, taking turns, asking open questions, building on others. Tests understanding of WHEN and WHY these things matter, not just whether the child can recite them.
Best taken after the “Being a Good Listener” e-learning lesson. Questions are written in everyday situations so children connect the rules to real moments.
A short, practical guide for parents and carers. The Department for Education identifies spoken language as the foundation of everything else in primary English — but it’s also the strand parents have the most influence over, because most of it happens at home, not at school.
This guide explains why everyday conversation matters more than people realise, and gives four small, do-anywhere techniques: the “tell me more” rule, the “swap a word” game, the screen-off dinner, and the goldmine of a 10-minute story-time chat.
Spoken language is the hardest strand to teach systematically and the hardest to assess. This teacher pack maps every resource to its NC requirement, recommends classroom routines that genuinely embed the skills (rather than tick-box “speaking lessons”), and gives practical assessment guidance.
Particularly useful: a section on managing dominant talkers and reluctant talkers, the two perennial problems of KS1 oracy.