Mrs Spence
@mrscspence.bsky.social
Assistant Headteacher, English and Oracy Lead in Worcester
Couldn’t be happier. I’ll be there as chief cheerleader! @voice21oracy.bsky.social
Tomorrow she’ll be performing at The Globe in London. From 3500 entrants to @poetrybyheart.bsky.social Good luck!! @voice21oracy.bsky.social @worcesternews.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Couldn’t be happier. I’ll be there as chief cheerleader! @voice21oracy.bsky.social
It’s me! Looking forward to seeing you there.
🔦Session Spotlight🔦: Oracy Assembly - Live!
Join Cathy Spence from @stbarnabas.bsky.social as.bsky.social for a live demonstration of an oracy assembly!
🎟️ Get your tickets to the largest event dedicated to oracy education, 15th October, Birmingham 👇greatoracyexhibition.voice21.org/programme-2025
Join Cathy Spence from @stbarnabas.bsky.social as.bsky.social for a live demonstration of an oracy assembly!
🎟️ Get your tickets to the largest event dedicated to oracy education, 15th October, Birmingham 👇greatoracyexhibition.voice21.org/programme-2025
June 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s me! Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Worcestershire’s first Primary School to be an Oracy Centre of Excellence - that’s us! We are over the moon. Thank you for the support @voice21oracy.bsky.social @worcesternews.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Worcestershire’s first Primary School to be an Oracy Centre of Excellence - that’s us! We are over the moon. Thank you for the support @voice21oracy.bsky.social @worcesternews.bsky.social
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This is such a brilliant initiative and I couldn't be more delighted that Measuring Me! has been chosen to help welcome reception children beginning their school lives. Good luck to every single one of them and happy reading!
Fifty copies of Measuring Me by @nicolakent.bsky.social for our new Reception children. Delivered by hand to their front doors creating a reading community before they even step foot in the building!
June 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is such a brilliant initiative and I couldn't be more delighted that Measuring Me! has been chosen to help welcome reception children beginning their school lives. Good luck to every single one of them and happy reading!
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This is so thrilling to read. I hope they enjoy Measuring Me and that they have a brilliant start to their school careers! Thank you for choosing my book and for giving such important priority to a love of reading and books. ❤️
June 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is so thrilling to read. I hope they enjoy Measuring Me and that they have a brilliant start to their school careers! Thank you for choosing my book and for giving such important priority to a love of reading and books. ❤️
Fifty copies of Measuring Me by @nicolakent.bsky.social for our new Reception children. Delivered by hand to their front doors creating a reading community before they even step foot in the building!
June 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fifty copies of Measuring Me by @nicolakent.bsky.social for our new Reception children. Delivered by hand to their front doors creating a reading community before they even step foot in the building!
This is a special read. Thank you @theclpe.bsky.social for alerting me! 🐺🐺🐺❤️
May 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is a special read. Thank you @theclpe.bsky.social for alerting me! 🐺🐺🐺❤️
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Thank you to all the St Barnabas team for your leadership and being part of the oracy mission.
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thank you to all the St Barnabas team for your leadership and being part of the oracy mission.
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Here we are ❤️
A rapidly growing number of schools are choosing to prioritise oracy in their development plans.
We spoke to Voice 21 Oracy School @stbarnabas.bsky.social about their multilayered approach to leading oracy.
Read more below 👇
voice21.org/lessons-in-o...
We spoke to Voice 21 Oracy School @stbarnabas.bsky.social about their multilayered approach to leading oracy.
Read more below 👇
voice21.org/lessons-in-o...
April 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Here we are ❤️
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Famous at last! ❤️ @voice21oracy.bsky.social
Ever wondered how schools can develop oracy leadership? 🤔
At Voice 21, we've supported thousands of schools to build capacity for oracy leadership.
Read our latest blog in where we speak to @stbarnabas.bsky.social about their multi-layered approach to leading oracy 👇
voice21.org/lessons-in-o...
At Voice 21, we've supported thousands of schools to build capacity for oracy leadership.
Read our latest blog in where we speak to @stbarnabas.bsky.social about their multi-layered approach to leading oracy 👇
voice21.org/lessons-in-o...
Lessons in Oracy Leadership: St Barnabas C of E Primary School, Worcestershire - Voice 21
voice21.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Famous at last! ❤️ @voice21oracy.bsky.social
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Our Year 6s wrote to @tomcollinsworcs.bsky.social about car idling outside schools. They are worried! Today, each child was sent their own personalised letter in reply. Thank you Tom! @worcesternews.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Our Year 6s wrote to @tomcollinsworcs.bsky.social about car idling outside schools. They are worried! Today, each child was sent their own personalised letter in reply. Thank you Tom! @worcesternews.bsky.social
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Welcome to our Year 3 Roman Museum. The children loved speaking as historians, being tour guides and sharing exhibits. Inventions, mosaics, emperors, Boudicca, green screen adverts, Celts vs Romans dance and so much more. @voice21oracy.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Welcome to our Year 3 Roman Museum. The children loved speaking as historians, being tour guides and sharing exhibits. Inventions, mosaics, emperors, Boudicca, green screen adverts, Celts vs Romans dance and so much more. @voice21oracy.bsky.social
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Our work on #Oracy is changing our world. Check out the @poetrybyheart.bsky.social children blowing the audience’s socks off at a big parent celebration yesterday @voice21oracy.bsky.social @amygaunt.bsky.social @kateparadine.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our work on #Oracy is changing our world. Check out the @poetrybyheart.bsky.social children blowing the audience’s socks off at a big parent celebration yesterday @voice21oracy.bsky.social @amygaunt.bsky.social @kateparadine.bsky.social
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Everyone who takes part in Poetry By Heart knows the impact it has on young people. We want to celebrate that and everything #poetry can do in a film - an uplifting reminder of why the arts are integral to our society. Find out more and how you can help 🎥
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/help-us...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/help-us...
December 8, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Everyone who takes part in Poetry By Heart knows the impact it has on young people. We want to celebrate that and everything #poetry can do in a film - an uplifting reminder of why the arts are integral to our society. Find out more and how you can help 🎥
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/help-us...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/help-us...
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Yesterday, the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s Interim Report was released – but in a baffling omission, it doesn’t mention oracy or speaking, listening and communication. Here's why this matters👇
voice21.org/voice21respo...
voice21.org/voice21respo...
Voice 21 responds to the baffling omission of oracy in the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report - Voice 21
voice21.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yesterday, the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s Interim Report was released – but in a baffling omission, it doesn’t mention oracy or speaking, listening and communication. Here's why this matters👇
voice21.org/voice21respo...
voice21.org/voice21respo...
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The view from here: great pleasure today to attend the @voice21oracy.bsky.social ‘Speaking Summit,’ reflecting on the next stage of our #oracy journey. Well done to @kateparadine.bsky.social & team. A bonus to bump into oracy commissioner Jeffrey Boakye:
March 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The view from here: great pleasure today to attend the @voice21oracy.bsky.social ‘Speaking Summit,’ reflecting on the next stage of our #oracy journey. Well done to @kateparadine.bsky.social & team. A bonus to bump into oracy commissioner Jeffrey Boakye:
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Everyone is talking about oracy—or so it seems. But what actually is oracy?
Our head of learning impact and influence @amygaunt.bsky.social explores the history of this timely question in @seced.bsky.social's best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools 👇
voice21.org/so-how-do-we...
Our head of learning impact and influence @amygaunt.bsky.social explores the history of this timely question in @seced.bsky.social's best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools 👇
voice21.org/so-how-do-we...
So, how do we define oracy… – Sec Ed - Voice 21
voice21.org
March 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Everyone is talking about oracy—or so it seems. But what actually is oracy?
Our head of learning impact and influence @amygaunt.bsky.social explores the history of this timely question in @seced.bsky.social's best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools 👇
voice21.org/so-how-do-we...
Our head of learning impact and influence @amygaunt.bsky.social explores the history of this timely question in @seced.bsky.social's best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools 👇
voice21.org/so-how-do-we...
Home after an inspirational day @voice21oracy.bsky.social #SpeakingSummit So much sense being talked by Estelle Morris, Jeffrey Boakye and the royalty of #Oracy @kateparadine.bsky.social @amygaunt.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Home after an inspirational day @voice21oracy.bsky.social #SpeakingSummit So much sense being talked by Estelle Morris, Jeffrey Boakye and the royalty of #Oracy @kateparadine.bsky.social @amygaunt.bsky.social
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Such a treat to have author Nicola Davies in school today. We have been wowed by the zoological facts and beautiful illustrations, we’ve even learned to sing like a blue whale! 🐳
March 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Such a treat to have author Nicola Davies in school today. We have been wowed by the zoological facts and beautiful illustrations, we’ve even learned to sing like a blue whale! 🐳
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We are deep in to learning our poems by heart for @poetrybyheart.bsky.social the performance skills are sophisticated!! @voice21oracy.bsky.social #Oracy #Poetry
February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We are deep in to learning our poems by heart for @poetrybyheart.bsky.social the performance skills are sophisticated!! @voice21oracy.bsky.social #Oracy #Poetry
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Check out this concentration during our @harrietmuncaster.bsky.social workshop today. Year 3 are Big Isadora Moon fans!
February 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Check out this concentration during our @harrietmuncaster.bsky.social workshop today. Year 3 are Big Isadora Moon fans!
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Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera.
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
February 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera.
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
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Our Ofsted report is out today. We are very proud of our school community. Have a read on our website. st-barnabas-primary.worcs.sch.uk
St Barnabas C.E. Primary School, Worcester – Our motto is “Inspire, Nurture and Achieve” as we know that in the right environment each child can reach their full potential
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January 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Our Ofsted report is out today. We are very proud of our school community. Have a read on our website. st-barnabas-primary.worcs.sch.uk
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We are very proud to have been awarded the Equal Access trophy for our work on girls’ football. Check out this group of future Lionesses celebrating @worcesternews @England @EnglandFootball @Lionesses #thisgirlcan
January 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We are very proud to have been awarded the Equal Access trophy for our work on girls’ football. Check out this group of future Lionesses celebrating @worcesternews @England @EnglandFootball @Lionesses #thisgirlcan
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As @nationaltheatre.org.uk’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris says: “#Oracy should be the fourth ‘R’”: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Make oracy the fourth ‘R’ of education, theatre boss says
Rufus Norris, the outgoing head of the National Theatre, wants children to learn oral language skills across the curriculum
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 9:59 PM
As @nationaltheatre.org.uk’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris says: “#Oracy should be the fourth ‘R’”: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...