Topsy Page is a qualified teacher, former Assistant Head, Writing Lead and SLE. She is passionate about transforming classrooms using oracy and has worked with schools to develop a culture of high-quality dialogue and reasoning across the curriculum through training, coaching and consultancy. She is an associate member of Oracy Cambridge and the author of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Oracy. Alan Howe is an associate member of Oracy Cambridge. He has worked for over forty years at the forefront of educational change and improvement in the UK as a Local Authority Adviser and Inspector, leading initiatives for both primary and secondary phases in literacy and English teaching, assessment, and teaching and learning.
An essential guide for embedding oracy across the curriculum. Grounded in research and rich with strategies, it supports every teacher to build confident, articulate learners. -- Maliki Konteh Saidy * Head of MFL, linkedin.com/in/maliki-konteh-saidy-b7061b134 * A masterful account that simplifies the processes, this excellent companion is streamlined and considered. The reader is invited to dip in and out often. A single page will transform a classroom, placing listening alongside speaking. It is accessible, inclusive, with engaging ideas and multiple extensions. -- Barb Fitzgerald * Education Consultant, Voice Coach, School Principal * An engaging, thoughtful and inspiring collection of strategies to add to my teacher tool kit. I can’t wait to include some of these new ideas in my lessons. Certainly a resource I’ll have to hand on my desk during planning sessions! -- Carrie Walshe * Houseparent and teacher of English * Alan and Topsy have managed to condense the essence of oracy within secondary schools into a single, easy to pick up and use book. Every teacher should have a copy. -- Craig D’Cunha * Executive Headteacher *