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Amanda Moorghen
@moorghen.bsky.social
Director of Learning, Impact and Influence @voice21oracy.bsky.social. Interested in: education, oracy, complex evaluation and Harlequins RFC. She/her.
What's that? Oracy October is your favourite time of year? You just can't get enough of hearing from the country's top oracy experts (looking at you @oracycam.bsky.social and @amygaunt.bsky.social) and leaders in Voice 21 Oracy Centres of Excellence?

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September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education.

This is an important moment for the oracy movement.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial
Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Today's Guardian reporting 60 signatories, including @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, and two former education secretaries, calling for Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to embed oracy in the curriculum.
📣 2 years ago, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to embed #oracy in the curriculum. Today, a coalition of parliamentarians, education experts & schools are calling on him to deliver on that pledge.

Read the letter here: voice21.org/open-letter/
Open Letter to the Prime Minister - Voice 21
voice21.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? The Curriculum & Assessment Review is expected to include a focus on #oracy & yet there was not one mention of it in the interim report, but @moorghen.bsky.social @voice21oracy.bsky.social is not worried... buff.ly/kfbrb0z #teachers #edusky
Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? - SecEd
Surprisingly, the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report does not mention oracy skills
buff.ly
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
The 2025 SLA #conference theme is Breaking Barriers and we are excited to hear from @moorghen.bsky.social who will be breaking the barrier of silence in the #library! 🤫 Amanda will explore the unique opportunity for talk offered by #schoollibraries and #librarians. @voice21oracy.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Repping @voice21oracy.bsky.social at the EPI/Hachette Roundtable on Oracy today. The evidence base for oracy is clear, but it's also clear that delivering an oracy education is a complex, long term project for a school, with teachers’ professional judgment sitting at the centre.
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Amanda Moorghen
“The oracy skills we use, teach and value in the science classroom differ to those used, taught and valued in the history classroom.”

Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇

voice21.org/why-you-need...
April 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM