Beccy Earnshaw

Wonderful @BBCBreakfast report on VE Mail this morning with the incredible Bombardier Tom Jones, aged 103! Sign up (for free) to connect your school/youth organisation with a WW2 Veteran to share their story for VEDay80
www.together.org.uk/vemail

The @oracycommission.bsky.social's achievements & steps for high-quality #oracy education will be discussed at the Speaking Summit with Baz Ramaiah @beccyearnshaw.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social & Tim Oates CBE.

Get your tickets👇
speakingsummit.voice21.org/home

A new curriculum is needed for a new age An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation

“We need a new ‘basics’ that includes #oracy (high-quality speaking) and digital skills … There is broad cross-party consensus that the exam system is distorting the curriculum. Radical reform is needed here too …”: @peterhyman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com [£]: www.ft.com/content/4a62...

A new curriculum is needed for a new age An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation

With the interim report due soon, will the Curriculum and Assessment Review rise to its potential? - @peterhyman.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com sets out why it’s time to be bold…
www.ft.com/content/4a62...

If you're interested in how we forge agreement in these polarized times, the RSC's Kyoto (now at Soho Place) is a must-see! It's a gripping narrative of power, responsibility, the quest for consensus, and the importance of grammar…I urge you to go see it {no brackets}.
sohoplace.org/shows/kyoto

Lovely to see you too! Hope to catch up properly sometime soon.

Great to be at #IncludED25 to listen to @jonnyuttley.bsky.social speaking so much sense & making an impassioned case for an education system based on collaboration not competition between schools.

Last year, lots of us were talking about #oracy. Here’s a quick retrospective:

Oracy isn’t new. A useful discussion of what oracy means and why it matters to children’s learning and personal development is here, via our ‘Speaking Volumes’ papers:

oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/wp-content/u...

If Calsberg made hotel room views!

😊 pleased you like it - it’s a very eclectic mix !🕺🏻🪩🎸

The Knowledge: How schools can support the 'youth guarantee' Our new report shows how high-quality careers education can drive workforce engagement and diversity

I agree with Oli: “Young people report a lack of speaking, listening, teamwork, and leadership skills, despite their importance to the world of work … The recent Oracy Commission report also points to solving the problem”: @olidebotton.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/what-can-sch...

Luna the lurcher is a master in the art of staying warm - always keep your extremities (in her case her extra long snout) tucked in and cosy.

I’m worried I am going to go into a slump once the dopamine hit from the initial surge of new followers you get on BlueSky wears off!

Lots of mentions of oracy at today’s Curriculum & Assessment Review roadshow in a not-so-sunny Folkestone, and a plug for the Oracy Commission report in the House of Lords yesterday… delighted that everyone is still talking about oracy @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social