Speaking & Listening at Longlands Primary School

Intent

At Longlands, we recognise that having confidence and competence in language is a key life skill and that developing these skills is likely to have the greatest impact on improving children’s life chances. It is our intent that these skills will be further developed and applied across the whole curriculum. Through our Confident Communicator agenda, we strive to develop effective speakers and listeners by actively teaching the children the qualities of good listening and speaking so that they can:

• Actively listen to their peers and adults and formulate appropriate responses
• Understand the rules of turn taking within exchanges
• Have the confidence to speak audibly and fluently in front of audiences
• Maintain appropriate speed, intonation and structure when presenting information orally
• Use the correct register and form of Standard English, appropriate to the situation, when speaking
• Build a rich vocabulary that they can both understand and use effectively.

Implementation

Each class has developed a Discussion Charter to really help the children hone their skills of speaking and listening when discussing in pairs, groups and as a whole class.

Speaking and listening skills are continually taught, revisited and developed through the school day, through subject specific vocabulary and vocabulary lessons, use of talking frames and stem sentences, modelling and frequent opportunities to present in class, at Trust events and in assemblies.

Click the following to see our Class Discussion Charters:

KS1 Class Discussion Charter

KS2 Class Discussion Charter

Impact

Through our curriculum, our children will:

• Be confident to speak when they have something to say
• Speak with passion, clarity and impact
• Use the correct vocabulary, fit for purpose and subject
• Use expression to command an audience, keep their attention and learn how to answer their questions
• Stand up in front of an audience and deliver an individual or group presentation