Do your pupils have trouble communicating their ideas? Do they find it difficult to express how they feel, or struggle to understand the viewpoints of others? If so, Discover Debating can help.

Designed for Years 5 and 6 and based on fun, engaging games and activities, this is an innovative two-term debating programme. It will provide your school with the mentor support, CPD and comprehensive lesson plans needed to improve your pupils’ speaking and listening (oracy) skills and boost confidence across the curriculum.

Benefits include:

Demonstrable improvement in critical thinking, listening and speaking (oracy) skills

Boosts confidence, teamwork and clarity of thought through whole-class participation

Gives pupils experience of producing balanced arguments – a key focus for upper KS2 writing

Is self-sustaining and can therefore be continued independently after the first year

Encourages oracy and debate across the curriculum to meet multiple national curriculum targets

COST: £1,500+VAT £100+VAT for qualifying primary schools with high levels of FSM – limited places.

For more information and to sign up go to www.esu.org/programmes/discover-debating/ or contact the team on debating@esu.org or call 020 7529 1550 quoting Teach Primary.

The English-Speaking Union is a charity working to give young people the speaking and listening skills and the cross-cultural understanding they need to thrive.

YOUR PUPILS HAVE VOICES. HELP THEM TO BE HEARD

UK registered Charity 273136

‘I’ve really seen the change in the children I’ve worked

with [...]. Children who have benefited from oracy training

have a better structure to express themselves and

explain their answers.’LIEZEL JACOBS, TEACHER,

BROADWATER PRIMARY SCHOOL, TOOTING

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