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Talk Boost KS1 is a catch-up programme for children aged 4-7 who are struggling with talking and understanding words.

What is Talk Boost KS1?

Talk Boost KS1 is a targeted programme for 4-7 year old children that need help with talking and understanding words, including children in Reception classes. The programme is delivered in primary schools by classroom teachers and teaching assistants and provides a structured programme that boosts children’s progress in language and communication by an average of 9 – 18 months after a ten week intervention.

Children who are selected to take part in the programme will attend three sessions per week in small groups, each lasting 30-40 minutes delivered by the teaching assistant. The sessions include activities that cover the key elements of language: Attention and Listening, Vocabulary, Building Sentences, Telling Stories and Conversations. In addition, the teacher will run a weekly whole-class activity and there are activities that can be practiced at home.

More information

Further introductory information can be found in these documents below:

• Talk Boost KS1 FAQ
• Talk Boost KS1 Overview Presentation
• Talk Boost KS1 Report (produced as I CAN)
• Talk Boost KS1 Interim Report (produced as I CAN)

What does Talk Boost KS1 include?

There are two parts to Talk Boost KS1.

The first is  Talk Boost KS1 training delivered by Speech and Language UK’s regional team of Licensed Tutors. The training is suitable for reception, year one and year two teachers and teaching assistants. Participants will develop the skills and knowledge to understand the rationale behind the programme, identify appropriate children, measure their progress and deliver the programme successfully.

The second is the  Intervention Pack . The pack includes everything you need to run the programme. Specifically, the pack includes:

• A Programme Manual containing detailed group session plans and resources required
• A Teacher Manual that guides teachers in selecting the right children, tracking their progress and managing the overall operation of the groups
• 12 Children’s Activity books to reinforce what has been taught in the group sessions
• Access to our Classroom Checklist, Online Tracker Tool and Child Attitude Survey to measure and analyse progress which supports Pupil Premium
• Access to the Communication Cookbook which contains fun activities to support children’s language and communication
• Talk Boost KS1 Toolkit which contains a set of musical instruments, toys, and activity materials designed to make your sessions even more convenient.

There are two costs to this programme.

The  Programme Pack costs £550.00  and the  cost of training is set individually by our Licensed tutors. However, if you are a small setting you might wish to consider grouping your staff together with other settings for the training and sharing the costs between yourselves.

See a breakdown of the affordability of this programme over time here.

Get in touch on  [email protected]  or 0207 843 2515 to talk to our team about this programme and for help with arranging training. You can then purchase the Programme Pack directly on our online shop .

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All the practitioner and tutor resources for our programmes can be found on our new learning portal.

Please register or sign in here .

Programmes tracker

To help you access the online tracker, we have created a number of resources that will show you how to set up your account and get the most out of the tracker.

• Watch the introductory ‘ Quick Start ‘ video
• Read the more in depth ‘ How To ‘ guide
• View a common set of  Frequently Asked Questions

To Set up an account please visit www.speechandlanguagetracker.org.uk

Please note , that all the PDFs of the trackers can be found in the resources section of the tracker and on the Learning Centre (register using the link given above).

Evidence and FAQs for Talk Boost KS1

• What makes Talk Boost KS1 affordable
• Interim evidence report
• A Chance To Talk report (includes Talk Boost KS1 national report)
• What, Who, Why and Ofsted

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At Morningside, we know that great speakers are made not born. With the right teaching & support all pupils can become confident, fluent speakers able to express themselves eloquently in a range of different contexts. At Morningside Primary School, we know that teaching oracy improves academic outcomes, through developing skills to think critically, reason together and have the vocabulary to express one’s knowledge and understanding.

Our intention is to prepare our children for later life, through weaving talk into the curriculum and embedding oracy in all aspects of the school culture. Speaking and listening opportunities are deliberate and explicitly planned to ensure all children develop the skills to listen effectively, discuss and respond with meaning, debate and disagree appropriately and explain their ideas and emotions in a coherent manner. It is our belief that developing these skills will in turn support their confidence, self –belief and courage to speak in public and share their thoughts, intellect and creativity with the world.

Implementation

Children at Morningside learn both to talk and through talk across the curriculum. We teach oracy skills using a four standard framework: physical, linguistic, cognitive, social and emotional, which underpin our school’s Oracy Skills Progression Document. This document outlines the linguistic, physical, cognitive and social/emotional skills, which are taught in each year group from Nursery to Year 6. ( Oracy progression document ) This enables all children to understand and develop the skills needed to be great communicators. Sentence stems, explicit vocabulary teaching, and regular opportunities to explain and challenge each others’ reasoning are a part of lessons and help children to embed their learning.

All classes have key-stage appropriate talk guidelines. These are displayed in the classroom and consistently referred to whenever a pupil is engaging in any activity requiring speaking and listening skills. 

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Morningside talk guideline KS1

Morningside talk guideline KS2

As part of our school’s culture of oracy, we have expectations for talk that all of our teaching staff incorporate into every lesson.  These expectations are displayed in every classroom and ensure that all voices are heard, in turn developing pupils’ ability to articulate themselves in a clear, coherent manner.

Oracy expectations for every lesson

Purposeful, rich opportunities for talk are planned across all subject areas. Subject leaders and class teachers collaborate on ideas for using purposeful talk effectively in the classroom and these are written into medium term plans across the curriculum. These talk opportunities include presentations, debates, partner talk and group work, hot seating, discussions around key texts and performances.

Pupils develop their oracy skills outside of the classroom in the following ways: being part of a student leader group such as student councilors or Digital Leaders; class assemblies; whole school performances; using structured talk in the playground and debates in whole school assemblies.

We use the Seesaw app across the school to record our pupils’ verbal reflections on their learning and share this with parents. We also use these recordings as an assessment tool to show progress in students’ oracy skills over time and reflect on areas of development.

We adopt a “No Hands Up” policy at Morningside and use lollipop sticks in all classrooms to ensure every voice is heard and all children have the opportunity to verbally articulate their reflections on their learning.

Explicit teaching of vocabulary, clear sentence stems, meaningful talk opportunities and high quality modelling from adults ensures all children develop their oracy skills and are fully supported to do so.

Teachers are trained and highly skilled in the implementation of oracy and whole-school CPD has been prioritised to support and develop the teaching of oracy skills across the curriculum.

Early Years

Communication and language is one of the three prime areas within the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is divided into three Early Learning Goals: Listening and Attention, Understanding and Speaking. In the Early Years, children learn the fundamental principles of dialogue, including taking turns to speak; speaking at an appropriate volume and body language for active listening, including looking at who is talking to you and showing eye contact. The children begin to use talk in meaningful partner talk, group work and class discussions. They build on their ability to articulate themselves in full sentences, using conjunctions to develop their opinions on their learning and the stories they read in class. By the end of reception, the children are able to offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate; with high quality modelling and support from adults in the classroom.

Key Stage One and Key Stage Two

Children are assigned Partner A or Partner B in all lessons. They are given clear talk roles, sentence stems and explicit vocabulary teaching in order to promote meaningful conversations, which deepen understanding.

Our curriculum enables children to engage in both exploratory talk (the talk we use to explore and develop our thinking) and presentational talk (the talk we use with an audience to explain, inform or persuade). The skills needed for successful group discussion, formal debate, and speech making are taught throughout the school. 

We introduce and teach a different talk tactic (discussion role) each half term to support children’s discussion skills to develop their thinking, reasoning and understanding. Talk tactics set out specific ways in which pupils can interact with each other’s ideas. Each role breaks down a different set of skills set out in the cognitive strand. Children are taught how to explicitly play each role, given prompts with sentence stems for them to refer to during discussions and given specific feedback on how well they have used the role. 

Accept, build on or challenge, ABC, strategy is used across the curriculum, where children say whether they would like to accept, build on or challenge the opinion of their peers or the class teacher. This is used as an assessment tool, as well as an opportunity to open up class discussion and provide children with ample opportunities to respectfully challenge the opinion of others.

The impact of oracy being embedded into both the culture and curriculum at Morningside Primary School is evident in the way our pupils articulate themselves. They are polite, eloquent and confident speakers, who engage appropriately in discussions both inside and outside of the classroom, as a result of the explicit teaching of talk, through high-quality talk opportunities. Children and adults consistently refer back to the school talk guidelines and use these as a point of reflection on pupil progress. Teachers use the talk guidelines, the oracy skills progression document and evidence recorded on Seesaw to assess the children’s progress, provide feedback and plan for next steps. 

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Castle Topic Homework Grid

Subject: History

Age range: 5-7

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

Last updated

25 February 2019

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16 options for homework relevant to the Castles topic. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. Includes english, science, history, art and design.

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