Games on, stress off 🎄😄
Christmas fun at Voicene!
#ChristmasGames #OfficeFun #Voicene #TeamVoicene #FestiveVibes #WorkLifeFun
Little gifts, big smiles 🎁🎄
Christmas friend gifting at the office!
#ChristmasGifting #OfficeChristmas #Voicene #SecretSanta #GiftExchange #WorkFam #FestiveMoments
Great conversations, good vibes, and a little Christmas cheer 🎄✨
Always a pleasure meeting our clients!
#ClientMeet #Voicene #WirelessGadgetz #TeamMeet #BusinessMeetup #ChristmasVibe #Trivandrum
We had a wonderful client meeting with Dinesh Wanvari, President of Wireless Gadgetz, Texas, along with his wife Prerna and their son Arnav. It was a great session discussing ongoing projects, future plans, and exciting upcoming collaborations.
#Voicene #ClientMeet #WirelessGadgetz #Trivandrum
🎨 Welcoming Our New Creative Mind – Vishnupriya! 🎉
We’re excited to welcome Vishnupriya to the Voicene family as our new Graphic Designer! 🖌️✨
#Voicene #WelcomeAboard #GraphicDesigner #TeamVoicene #CreativeDesign #NewBeginnings
Another NE primary school embracing oracy-based pedagogy.
At #VoiceNE I heard these teachers talk about their school's journey from too many written assessments, to slimming down the curriculum & embedding learning through (and to) talk. They were over the moon with the impact.
✨ At Voice 21, we’re on a mission to create an ‘Oracy Generation’ who have speaking, listening and communication skills woven throughout their entire school life 🗣️
#OracyGeneration #Voice21 #voiceNE
Photo of Rob Drummond's slide. It says, 'Speaking isn't writing.'
Photo of Rob's slide. It says 'Learning to talk, learning through talk and learning about talk.'
@robdrummond.bsky.social had the audience thinking hard about spoken language with a captivating keynote #VoiceNE today.
Such an uplifting day listening to teachers and students talk about & showcase the impact of oracy & finding your voice. So much to celebrate and learn from schools here #VoiceNE
Super pleased my colleague had the opportunity to share his thinking and work around using talk in Maths.
Workshop at #VoiceNE Oracy Exhibition today.
@robdrummond.bsky.social at the Voice North East Oracy Exhibition today:
"Our speech is a presentational performance of who we are"
"We create a sense of belonging through the language & words we use"
"Identity exists somewhere between the speaker & listener"
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
🤔 How do schools evidence oracy?
Cragside Primary School (one of our case studies in the Voice North East Impact Journal) share their amazing floor books.
If you haven't done so already, check out their case study in our newly launched journal👇
voice21.org/publications/
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
What are the rules of a Geordie dialect? A quick challenge for our delegates today at The Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 2025!
Does anyone think they can answer? Comment below 👇
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
Our super talented student compères, Josie and Frankie from Marden High School, introducing our very own Catherine Pass who is leading a ‘live lesson’ at the Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 2025!
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
I’m waiting to give a plenary, and the session before me is a group of primary school kids from Spennymoor talking brilliantly about accent and identity, and performing some of their own poetry! Talk about a tough act to follow 😬😬😂 I might sneak out now 🤫 #VoiceNE
Jamie Rodger (Director of programmes and partnerships) from The Difference talks to our Voice 21 Oracy Schools about their research on Inclusion and Oracy: Giving voice to pupil experience.
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
Love this from @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social - getting her (school) class to think like a linguist! #VoiceNE
Our new members launch session, at The Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 2025 taking place today, held in the lovely garden room at The Biscuit Factory venue 🌸🌺🌼
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
Our new members launch session, at The Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 2025 taking place today, held in the lovely garden room at The Biscuit Factory venue 🌸🌺🌼
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
A great question asked by a student at the Voice North East Oracy Exhibition today 👇
❓How will oracy look for my siblings when they grow up?
@kateparadine.bsky.social:
"Your siblings will be part of an oracy generation who use their voice to work and thrive" 🙌
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
Answers in response to student questions - we have big ambitions how will #oracy support us in our future?
Alex at Kings Priory:
"The aim of oracy at our school is psychological safety, to feel confident to challenge & question the world around you."
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
We've now gone into Oracy Question Time with Andrew Garrard from The North East Combined Authority, @kateparadine.bsky.social and oracy leads from Kings Priory School ✨
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
🌟 We're so excited to kick off the Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 🌟
Here is @kateparadine.bsky.social with the opening speech, alongside 2 fabulous compères from Marden High School discussing their hopes for a future where every child has access to a high-quality oracy education 🗣️
#voiceNE
The Voice North East Oracy Exhibition 2025, taking place today, is a celebration of oracy in the North East and a showcase of the incredible work which has taken place across new and established Voice 21 Oracy Schools 🎊
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
🌟 As part of the Voice North East project, we’re proud to say we’ve trained 226 teachers in oracy, improving the quality of oracy teaching and learning to 19,000 students within 95 schools, across the North East 🙌
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
🗣️ Two years ago, in conjunction with the North East Combined Authority, we set out to drive change across the region: ensuring speaking, listening and communication - oracy - is given the same status as literacy and numeracy in state schools.
#Voice21 #oracy #voiceNE
A great shoutout from @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social featuring Maria from Voice 21 Oracy School Westgate Hill Primary😍
We can't wait for Westgate Hill Primary to join us at our Voice North East exhibition tomorrow with their talk on presentational performative oracy🗣️
#voiceNE @poetrybyheart.bsky.social
Just finishing off my workshop for the upcoming @voice21oracy.bsky.social Oracy Exhibition in Newcastle.
I'm doing a session on teaching students about language. There's a fantastic line-up, including my colleague on how to use talk in Maths, & @robdrummond.bsky.social doing a keynote.
#VoiceNE
From dial tones to digital milestones, you connected the world.
Goodbye, #Skype, a tech pioneer that shaped remote communication as we know it. 💙
Thank you from all of us at #Voicene! 💻📞
Key years:
2003 (Launch)
2011 (Acquired by Microsoft)
2020 (Surpassed by Teams)
2025 (Retired)
#TechLegacy