About the Structure | Oracy Spark

The Oracy Spark Structure

Oracy Spark is designed to make meaningful classroom talk simple, consistent and easy to sustain across the whole school.

Each week follows a familiar structure, helping children build confidence, vocabulary and speaking skills through regular, low-preparation discussion opportunities.

A Consistent Weekly Routine

Each day has its own focus:

Mindset Monday
Encouraging reflection, resilience and positive thinking.

Talk Tuesday
Building discussion skills, opinions and spoken interaction.

Wellbeing Wednesday
Supporting emotional literacy, kindness and self-awareness.

Think Thursday
Developing reasoning, curiosity and deeper thinking.

Feel-Good Friday
Ending the week with positivity, celebration and connection.

This consistent structure helps children become more confident speakers over time while making implementation easy for staff across the school.

Designed for Whole-School Consistency

Oracy Spark is built to work across different year groups while maintaining a shared approach to classroom talk.

The prompts are designed to:

encourage every child to participate
develop speaking and listening skills naturally
support vocabulary development
promote respectful discussion
create meaningful classroom conversations in just 2–5 minutes

Sentence starters are differentiated for Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 to support progression in spoken language and confidence.

Structured Across the Year

The content is carefully organised across the academic year using:

termly themes
seasonal events
wellbeing moments
transition periods
wider personal development themes

This helps schools build a richer culture of talk and reflection throughout the year rather than using isolated discussion activities.

A rolling long-term structure also ensures fresh content and progression over time.

Flexible for Different Classrooms

Schools use Oracy Spark in different ways, including:

morning starters
class discussions
circle time
transition activities
wellbeing check-ins
intervention groups
speaking and listening opportunities throughout the curriculum