Oracy

At Filton Avenue we aim to equip our learners with the skills to talk and listen effectively to one another. Oracy gives every child the opportunity to find their voice; to articulate  their ideas, thoughts and feelings clearly and coherently and develops understanding. Effective communication helps every child to fulfil their potential and flourish in their school life and beyond, regardless of their background. We endeavour to give every learner, under our provision, this opportunity.

Accreditation Report – Filton Avenue

Re-Accreditation Report – Filton Avenue

We are delighted to be selected by Voice 21 as one of its first 7 Oracy Centres of Excellence. This accreditation certifies and celebrates schools that are leading the way in providing a high quality education for their students. Read our accreditation report here. 

Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils wrote and performed powerful speeches as part of our Trust-wide Speak Up competition. We’re proud to share their voices and ideas – take a look at their inspiring work below.

The Oracy framework 

Our Oracy curriculum is underpinned by the Oracy Framework created by Voice 21. The Oracy framework uses four vital strands; physical, linguistic, cognitive and social and emotional. Through a high quality Oracy education, students learn through talk and learn to talk. The use of carefully planned, modelled and scaffolded talk in the classroom heightens subject knowledge and understanding for our learners.

Discussion roles 

Discussion roles are used to facilitate effective discussions within the classroom.

Sentence stems

Our learners are encouraged to speak in full, coherent sentences when sharing their ideas and using spoken language. We have created a bank of differentiated sentence stems which our learners have access to in their classrooms and are carefully used in teacher’s planning. Please feel free to use these with your children at home.

EYFS Sentence Stems

KS1 Sentence stems

KS2 Sentence stems

“On behalf of everyone at Voice 21, I just want to say thank you for hosting an inspirational Peer Open Morning yesterday.

Your kindness and hospitality was truly appreciated by everyone in attendance, and the feedback was incredibly positive. The morning clearly demonstrated your oracy expertise, and the way it’s been woven into school culture and developed over the years.

Your journey so far has created a setting where oracy can flourish, allowing children to reach their potential, where every voice is valued. In addition, and through your open morning, you’ve provided an unique opportunity where other schools can see firsthand the positive impact of high quality oracy in action, empowering them to want to replicate your success as they embark/continue their own journey.

Voice 21 are very proud of your achievements, and also incredibly grateful for the time, effort and energy that you put into making the day a huge success.

Once again, thank you so much for being wonderful advocates for Voice 21.

Hannah Higginson

Voice 21 School Relationship Officer (South West and Wales) – 12th February 2026″