Year 6W have been using their oracy skills to debate various motions this week. We focused on cohesive devices, as well as evidencing and explaining points made. We also studied how debates are carried out: taking turns, responding to each other’s points and making eye contact. #OracyatWelbeck

Year 6W have been using their oracy skills to rehearse explanations of how the eye works so that we can see, in preparation for writing an explanation text! We have been using technical vocabulary such as: cornea, retina, optical nerve, convex, transparent. #ScienceatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

Y1R enjoyed a great reading session in the sun! ☀️

Some children even read their book to the rest of the class!

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To kick start our States of Matter lesson this week, everyone in year 4/3 worked together to group solids, liquids and gases. There was such impressive scientific dialogue in the room and we discussed the fact that some of the items could change state too! #ScienceatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

Year 2K have been practising their oracy skills this week. We have been reading 'The Day the Crayons quit' by Oliver Jeffers and planning a response letter. #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck.

Y6 are preparing to write an explanation text about the eye this week. 👁️ They gathered names of parts of the eye, then worked in teams to draw and label a diagram of the eye, before presenting their explanation to the class. #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck #ScienceatWelbeck

Year 4/3 explored the thoughts and feelings of different characters from
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Each group was given a scenario from the story that they had to act out. The class then guessed what event was being acted out. Brilliant acting and oracy! #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

A great day celebrating World Book Day! Year 2/1 created their own books using creative writing. We then read them out loud to our friends. #oracyatWelbeck #WorldBookDay2026 #EnglishatWelbeck

Year 3 kicked off their new ‘States of Matter’ topic with a practical enquiry, working together to group materials into solids and liquids. We asked scientific questions and had lively debates about some of the more puzzling materials! #ScienceatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

To kick start our States of Matter topic, Year 4/3 worked together using their scientific enquiry skills to group materials into solids and liquids. There was such great discussion and questioning in the room! #ScienceatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

We’re getting ready for #WorldReadAloudDay! 📚 As part of 50 Things to Do at Welbeck, Year 5 got the chance to share stories with our Year 1 children. A wonderful way to share the love of reading! #oracyatWelbeck #ReadingatWelbeck #50thingstodo

6W have been reading Alfred Noyes ‘The Highwayman’. After analysing a range of front covers to make predictions about the story, we read the poem and defined the new vocabulary. We then jumped into the characters’ shoes for some highly impressive hot-seating. #OracyatWelbeck #EnglishatWelbeck

Today, Year 4/3 used their knowledge from their research about trenches to take part in a hotseating activity. They imagined they were a World War One soldier and answered open questions from the rest of the class about the conditions they are living in. #OracyatWelbeck #EnglishatWelbeck

Year 3 have been showing off their vocal expression and projection by confidently reading powerful WW1 poetry, some written by others and some written by themselves. We challenged ourselves to use our voices, faces and bodies to convey emotion. #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

Year 4/3 have been delivering some powerful World War 1 performance poetry to the rest of the class using projection, confidence and actions. #OracyatWelbeck #EnglishatWelbeck

Inspired by their electricity topic, Year 3 orally retold a story called ‘Blackout’. We made sure to project our voices loud, clear and with expression, while adding extra detail using powerful adjectives and adverbs we gathered together as a class.
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Year 4/3 have been retelling a story in pairs today using description to help them with their narrative writing later this week. #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

F2Coop worked on their story re-telling today by acting out the story of the gruffalo! 🐍🪵🦊 #OracyAtWelbeck #EYFSatWelbeck

Super storytelling in F2C today! 🐷🐷🐷🐺 🏘️
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Year 4/3 have been taking part in some hot seating to prepare them for writing a newspaper report later this week. The open-ended questions, imagination and creativity in the room was very impressive! #OracyatWelbeck #EnglishatWelbeck

A big thank you to all our wonderful 'Art Ambassadors'. You did a great job talking about your art, so confident and full of knowledge! 😁Well done ! #OracyatWelbeck #ArtatWelbeck

The Year 1s in 2/1G worked on their oracy skills today by rehearsing their text map of ‘how to grow a dinosaur’ to each other. We tried to create suspense by adding adventurous adjectives to our story telling! Very impressive! 👏🏼 #oracyatwelbeck #englishatwelbeck

Year 4/3 enjoyed getting into character and re-enacting a scene from Boudicca’s play script once the Roman army had taken over much of Britain. The groups used brilliant expression, volume, actions and facial expressions. Can you spot any homework projects being used by the army?! #OracyatWelbeck

Having discussed deforestation this week, Year 3 planned and read out their own public service announcements, asking for people to help save the rainforests! They focused on how to grab the audience's attention using a loud, clear voice with lots of expression. 📢🗣
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Year 3 discussed arguments for and against deforestation in groups, passing round string to track our conversations. We then had a debate, each taking different points of view, including a logger, conservationist, cattle farmer and even a fast food restaurant owner!
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Well done Year 2/1G who are now ‘oracy officers’, thanks to NTU and the wonderful oracy workshops they have provided over the last 4 weeks. Children have worked on their speaking skills, learning new vocab and how to present themselves whilst speaking to others. #OracyatWelbeck

Lots of great talk going on in Year 3's English lessons this week. We explored facts about orangutans in the rainforest through a variety of oracy activities, focusing on eye contact, listening, turn taking and speaking with a clear voice. #EnglishatWelbeck #OracyatWelbeck

Year 2K practised using their body language and facial expression to show active listening. A game to help develop their oracy skills. #OracyatWelbeck

Year 3 became weather reporters in geography today! We learned about tropical climates and applied this knowledge to plan and present rainforest weather forecasts for different countries in groups.🌡⛈
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Year 3 enjoyed a lively RE lesson, debating whether they prefer to do work on their own or with others and coming up with reasons for each side. We then applied this to explain why some Muslims might want to pray in a Mosque. 🕌
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