Year 3 - Oracy

Date: 17th Jun 2026 @ 8:11pm

In today’s Oracy lesson, we focused on key elements of cognition, including content, building on others’ ideas, asking for clarification, and summarising discussions. I also introduced our new writing genre for this half term: Balanced Argument. We began by recapping previously learned Oracy skills such as tone and intonation, active listening, agreeing, building and challenging ideas, and the use of facial expressions to support communication.

Students then worked in groups to discuss a series of “Would you rather…?” questions, encouraging them to practise expressing and justifying their opinions while responding to others. Each group selected one speaker to feed back to the class, summarising the main points of their discussion and clearly presenting their shared views and opinions. This provided an opportunity for students to apply their summarising and presentation skills in a structured way.