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Frenchwood Community Primary School

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Oracy

EYFS

Key Stage 1 

EYFSYear 1Year 2 
Physical

Speak audibly so they can be heard and understood.   

 

Use gestures to support meaning in play.  

Use the appropriate tone of -voice in the right context.  

  

Speak clearly and confidently in a range of contexts.  

Start to use gestures to support the delivery of ideas  
Linguistic

Use talk in play to practise new vocabulary.  

  

Join phrases with words such as ‘because’, ‘is’, ‘so’, ‘could’, ‘but’.  

Use vocabulary that is appropriate to a specific topic.   

 

Take opportunities to try out new language, even if not always used correctly.   

 

Use sentence stems to link to other’s ideas in discussion. E.g. ‘I agree with... because...’.   

Use conjunctions to organise and sequence ideas. E.g. Firstly, secondly, finally.  

Adapt how they speak in different situations or according to audience.   

 

Use sentence stems to signal when they are building to challenging another's ideas.  

Cognitive

Use ‘because’ to develop ideas.   

 

Make relevant contributions and ask questions.   

 

Describe events that have happened in detail.  

Offer reasons for opinions.   

 

Recognise when they haven't understood something and ask a question to help.  

 

Disagree with someone else’s opinion politely.   

 

Explain ideas and events in chronological order.  

Ask questions to find out more about a subject.   

 

Build on others' ideas in discussions.  

  

Make connections between what has been said and their own experiences.  

Social and Emotional

Look at someone who is speaking to them.   

 

Take turns to speak when working in a group.

Listen to others and be willing to change their mind on the basis of what has been said.  

  

Organise group discussions independently of an adult.  

Start to develop an awareness of audience.   

Be aware of others who have not spoken and invite them into discussion.  

 

Be confident in the delivery of short, pre-prepared material.  

 

 

Key Stage 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6
Physical 

Deliberately vary tone of voice in order to convey meaning.   

 

Consider position and posture when addressing an audience.  

Consider movement when addressing an audience.   

 

Use pauses for effect in presentational talk.  

Project their voice to a larger audience.  

  

Gestures begin to become more natural.  

Speak fluently in front of an audience.   

 

Have a stage presence.  

 

Consciously adapt tone, pace and volume of voice within a single situation.  

Linguistic 

Be able to use specialise language to describe the own and other’s talk.  

 

Use specialist vocabulary.   

 

Make precise language choices.  

Carefully consider the words and phrasing used to express ideas.  

Use an increasingly sophisticated range of sentence stems with fluency and accuracy. 

Vary sentence structure and length for effect when speaking.   

 

Be comfortable using idioms and expression.  

Cognitive 

Offer opinions that aren’t their own.  

 

Reflect on discussions and identify how to improve them.  

 

Be able to summarise a discussion.  

  

Reach a shared agreement in discussions.  

Be able to give supporting evidence.  

 

Ask probing questions.   

 

Reflect on their own oracy skills and identify areas of strength and areas to improve.  

Draw upon knowledge of the world to support a point of view and explore different perspectives.   

 

Identify when a discussion is going off topic and be able to bring it back on track.  

Construct detailed arguments or a complex narrative.   

 

Spontaneously respond to increasingly complex questions, citing evidence where appropriate.  

Social and Emotional

Adapt the content of speech for a specific audience.   

 

Speak with confidence in front of an audience.  

Use more natural and subtle prompts for turn taking.   

 

Be able to empathise with an audience.   

Consider the impact of their words on others when giving feedback.  

Listen for an extended period of time.   

 

Speak with flair and passion.  

Use humour effectively.   

 

Be able to read a room or a group and take action accordingly.  

 

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