Yep:

Thanks to everyone who's taking an interest in the @OracyCommission. Our audio library so far is here: buff.ly/4bqStCt. But (in the words of The Carpenters) 'We've Only Just Begun' (sorry, ever the failed DJ), with many more conversations to follow buff.ly/4b7qUhI

More multi-tasking in evidence here: dog-walking, taking a bath, and thinking about why oracy matters ... Thank you, Ed.

And they’re off … !
“So this is the new RSC. Vibrant,” says the Observer’s Susannah Clapp.
What a brilliant, uplifting start to this next era of The RSC’s work

The view from here: our walk today around Nowton, Bury St Edmunds, replete with Suffolk’s familiar ingredients: big skies, wide fields, and - at last! - a hint of summer’s arrival

Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' - another life-enhancing episode of BBC Radio 4's 'Soul Music' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The view from the garden: I hope I’m modelling the concept of ‘multitasking’ by reading Robin Alexander’s brilliant book about oracy whilst Molly B basks on my legs in the sunshine. Carry on.

Who’d have thought …

Thank you Stuart Whiting for this celebratory ‘view from here’ pic from Portman Road, aka #ITFC . He’s the one on the left.

Even I - not (ahem) perhaps the biggest football fan - understand what a moment this is: for the club, for the fans, for Ipswich itself, and for our beautiful county of Suffolk. Congratulations, all!

For those of us of a certain age, this is the most glorious nostalgia fest …

Apropos nothing: have to confess that until I read David Nicholls' brilliantly funny and poignant novel 'You Are Here', I hadn't known quite what the word 'watershed' means.
Carry on.

Next up in our 'Commission Conversations' Geoff Barton speaks to Martin Robinson about bringing healthy and interesting debate into the curriculum and supporting students to explore different people's perspectives through talk open.spotify.com/episode/5mOWR7…

POEM

there are dogs
in polling stations,
or sitting outside,

waiting
for their democratic right
to exercise

#dogsatpollingstations

Though she’s currently in the Lake District (and therefore not eligible to vote), Molly B expresses her solidarity with all fellow #dogsatpollingstations #DogsAtPollingStations

Great question from Sophy Ridge …

Recap: 'Oracy is fundamental to the way children think about the world; the way they speak about the world; and the way they interact with other people': reflections on oracy, curriculum and assessment from Tim Oates Cambridge University Press & Assessment
buff.ly/3QtLSPM #OracyForLearning

“A generic approach to oracy would be bad. We don’t need a diktat that every lesson must include a debate or speech. But a disciplinary approach, recognising the crucial role of speaking & listening in maths, could pay dividends”: David Thomas Axiom Maths: tes.com/magazine/analy…

In our latest 'Commission Conversation' I talk to curriculum & asssessment expert Tim Oates CBE Cambridge University Press & Assessment about oracy in the National Curriculum, what we can learn from other countries, and why we should be wary of formally assessing oracy: open.spotify.com/episode/78cn3H…

Utterly heartbreaking, but also an urgent call-to-action for all of us adults on behalf of children & young people: