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mrscspence.bsky.social
Assistant Headteacher, English and Oracy Lead in Worcester
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We are deep in to learning our poems by heart for @poetrybyheart.bsky.social the performance skills are sophisticated!! @voice21oracy.bsky.social #Oracy #Poetry

Check out this concentration during our @harrietmuncaster.bsky.social workshop today. Year 3 are Big Isadora Moon fans!

Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera. “The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage

Our Ofsted report is out today. We are very proud of our school community. Have a read on our website. st-barnabas-primary.worcs.sch.uk

We are very proud to have been awarded the Equal Access trophy for our work on girls’ football. Check out this group of future Lionesses celebrating @worcesternews @England @EnglandFootball @Lionesses #thisgirlcan

As @nationaltheatre.org.uk’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris says: “#Oracy should be the fourth ‘R’”: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

Our #DailyMileSantaRun was a blast yesterday @worcesternews.bsky.social

XMAS GIVEAWAY 🎄 I love Christmas & so do the dragons!🐉🎄 Do you have a dragon lover in your family? Why not pop a dragon treat under the tree for them! Just follow me & reshare this post to be in with a chance to WIN all SIX books in #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons series! Winner picked 13/12 UK only

Well that was fun! Such unbridled joy from adults and children.

It is the Worcestershire Debating Competition at school tomorrow with our local MP, City Mayor and the CEO of Voice 21 as judges. It’s going to be BIG! #Oracy #UKParliamentWeek

Worcestershire Debating School at school this afternoon. Brilliant #Oracy skills on display from a group of brilliant children. What a way to mark #UKParliamentWeek with @kateparadine.bsky.social Tom Collins MP and the Mayor of Worcester. Thank you for donating prizes @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

Welcome @voice21oracy.bsky.social and @amygaunt.bsky.social to Blue Sky…we’ve been waiting for you to arrive!!

We now have some new #Oracy roles in our PE lessons. Our sports coaches are supporting children to be reporters, explainers, referees, judges and coaches. @voice21oracy.bsky.social

Check that out for a Friday after school club! Pumping music, flashing lights and a bunch of year 1 and 2 children having the time of their lives!

A great #Maths workshop this morning with our community. Great maths conversations all over the place! @voice21oracy.bsky.social

Whoop we’re off to London to the National Teaching Awards ❤️ www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2475545...

What a night at the National Teaching Awards. Massive congratulations to our silver award winning Headteacher.

Every one of our new children have had Frank and Bert personally delivered to their houses. One of our best grannies has knitted us our own Frank and Bert with their own special bag to keep them safe. Bring on back to school time!

I'm going to set up a starter pack for 'People who are experts in Oracy (and not just jumping on a bandwagon)' shortly. I need to convince a couple of people over here from twitter too! Let me know if you are highly skilled in dialogic and exploratory talk and how.

Hello Bluesky people…our first post. Happy to be here. #Education #Teaching #Firstpost #Newbies

UK Parliament Week incoming. We’re hosting the Worcestershire Debating Competition- it’s going to be a good one. #Oracy #Debating #EduSky

Every one of our new children have had Frank and Bert personally delivered to their houses. One of our best grannies has knitted us our own Frank and Bert with their own special bag to keep them safe. Bring on back to school time!

Have just finished rewriting the overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion. It's still a work in progress but please feel free to use and adapt. All shares appreciated! The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

A little jaunt in to Birmingham to see the Benjamin Zephaniah street exhibition. Go while you can, finishes soon.

I've been working a bit on modelling, as a key element of effective #adaptive_teaching, so here is a new blog post collating some thoughts on how it can be planned for. #EduSky #UKEd #UKEDU

It’s not often I come across a John Burningham that I don’t know but this charity shop find is a special one. I love the photography/sketch illustration. @smithsmm.bsky.social I bet you already know about this one?

It's an honour and a joy to be working with @marymyatt.bsky.social Emmanuel Awoyelu, Christian Foley and an incredible technical and artistic team on 'Finding My Voice', the whole school approach. Can't actually believe this will be alive the schools in the UK and abroad in September!

Early morning on my hills with this great listen from @amdassu.bsky.social walking and reading feels like a good use of time #Kidlit #Malvern

About time I shared something educational. This is probably my favourite resource that I’ve made: weekly book talk questions that we discuss and write responses to. I put all their answers in a scrapbook afterwards📖 It’s free here: www.tes.com/teaching-res... #PrimaryEduSky #KidLit

So how, you ask, does a professional speechwriter approach the creation of a written speech that will be spoken aloud? In the latest of our commission conversations I talk to Brian Jenner @EUSpeechwriters about how #oracy underpins his approach to writing: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...

Alma’s Not Normal is so good, so poignant, so important! Sophie Willan is just brilliant and I love her #FosterCare #CareExperienced

One of the main characters in THE BOY WHO CRIED GHOST absolutely LOVES reading, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to mention books and authors I love! Here’s the books and authors that Amelia reads during her spooky adventure that are all referenced! Check them out! #BookSky #EduSky

So, here is my first post. This is what I’m currently reading. I don’t think Lesley is here yet but it’s a great read. I’m finding this migration fascinating. I’m looking forward to a fresh start - hello all! #Edusky