Big ideas. Little Sparks. Confident voices.
Make classroom talk something children look forward to!
Meet Sparky! Every school day brings a new question, exciting challenges and opportunities for every child to share their ideas, build confidence and find their voice.
With colourful, ready-to-use resources, differentiated sentence starters, weekly Talk Tactic Power-Ups and playful speaking and listening challenges, Oracy Spark makes purposeful classroom talk fun, inclusive and easy to deliver.
Just 2–5 minutes a day. EYFS to Year 6. No extra planning.
Meet Sparky's Daily Challenges! ⚡
See Oracy Spark in Action! ⚡
Wondering what Oracy Spark looks like in the classroom?
Take a peek at our colourful, ready-to-use PowerPoints! Every Spark combines an engaging question with differentiated sentence starters, helping children share ideas, build confidence and develop their speaking and listening skills.
Example LKS2 Talk Tuesday Spark - imaginative discussion with differentiated sentence starters.
Example KS1 Power-Up - Sparky introduces a new speaking and listening skill for children to practise.
Example KS1 Mindset Monday Spark - building resilience and confidence.
Example UKS2 Challenge - Children put their week's Talk Tactic into action through a playful mission.
No sign-up needed to explore. See how Oracy Spark could work in your classroom.
Every child deserves a chance to join the conversation.
Some children are bursting with ideas. Others need a little more thinking time, encouragement or support.
Oracy Spark gives every child a way into the discussion, with differentiated sentence starters and regular opportunities to share their thinking.
Because every voice matters.
Purposeful Talk. Powerful Opportunities.
Speaking and listening are fundamental to learning, confidence and communication. Oracy Spark helps teachers make meaningful classroom talk part of every school day.
Accessible for everyone
Four stepped sentence starters help children participate at different levels of confidence and understanding.
Confidence through practice
Regular partner talk, thinking time and purposeful questions give children opportunities to develop their voice.
Oral language development is supported by educational research. Oracy Spark offers a practical way to build regular speaking and listening opportunities into classroom routines.
Supporting Pupil Premium priorities
For schools working to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, Oracy Spark offers a practical, low-workload approach to making classroom talk more accessible, inclusive and consistent.
Oracy doesn't need another lesson to plan
Two simple ways to use Oracy Spark
Use the ready-made Sparks, create your own, or mix both. No extra lesson planning required
Ready-Made Weekly Sparks
Five fresh classroom discussions each week, complete with differentiated starters, Talk Tactics, Talk Roles and Sparky challenges.
Open. Display. Get Talking.
Create Your Own Spark
Choose a year group, subject and question. Our generator creates four stepped sentence starters, a Sparky challenge and two follow-up questions.
Create. Share. Explore.
Fresh opportunities to talk, think and listen throughout the week.
Your Question. Your Curriculum. Your Spark ⚡
Meet the Create-a-Spark Generator!
Turn almost any curriculum topic or discussion question into an age-appropriate classroom conversation in moments.
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Choose your year group and subject.
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Enter your own discussion question.
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Choose an optional Talk Tactic.
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Get four differentiated sentence starters, a Sparky Power-Up or Bonus Challenge, plus Deepen and Explore questions.
Teacher-designed. Classroom-ready. Included with membership.
1) Choose your Year Group, Subject and Talk Tactic
2) Get your sentence starters, Talk Tactic Power-Up and your Deepen/Explore questions
Available with every Oracy Spark membership
Ready-made daily oracy for your whole school, from just £59/year with our Founders offer.
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Small routine. Big opportunity.
Five minutes might not sound like much.
But repeated across a week, a term and a school year, those conversations add up.
More opportunities to explain an idea.
Justify an opinion.
Listen carefully.
Build on someone else's thinking.
Disagree respectfully.
Try new vocabulary.
Grow in confidence.
A few minutes a day. Hundreds of opportunities to find their voice.
Already investing in oracy?
Great!
Oracy Spark isn’t designed to replace your existing approach.
It helps make it easier to put into practice every day.
Use the weekly Sparks as a ready-made classroom routine, or create your own around the curriculum with the Spark Generator.
✓ Ready to use in 2–5 minutes
✓ No additional staff training required
✓ Works alongside your existing oracy approach
You set the direction. We make daily oracy easier.
You set the direction. We make daily oracy easy.
Ready to get talking?
Whether you're a teacher, tutor, home educator, family or looking for access across your whole school, there's an Oracy Spark membership to suit you.
