If two teams are evenly matched, what’s the deciding factor that separates the winner from the loser? After two weeks of workshops with teachers in South Australia, we had time to enjoy the Grand Final of Aussie rules football, with each of us “barracking” for a different side. It promised to be a closely fought […]
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We’re finding more and more schools are mentioning listening as their “oracy pain point”. In response, here are a few listening games in which the skills of focused attention, turn taking and tracking of the speaker happen naturally rather than as a matter of policing. I Went to the Jungle Start in a whole group,
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This week, a mid-summer special fresh from the famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also, if you happen to be in a Scottish school, scroll down to apply for a brand-new opportunity. Question 1: Is this a performance? Here’s a student-friendly instruction you can read aloud: The Edinburgh Fringe is a frantic three-week festival of performing arts
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