International Oratory Festival

Online Speech & Drama Festival, celebrating young people's power to change the world through words. Our next festival takes place from 9-19 May 2024.

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⌛️Only 21 days to go until our 2024 Oratory Festival! 💬We hope everyone's enjoying their preparations for our exciting categories spanning poetry, prose reading, drama, public speaking and news.📢And it's not too late to enter: a few places available via https://t.co/bK8StREsf2!

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For UK primaries: sign up for the Cicero Cup debating programme!

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Registration for the Cicero Cup closes on Friday. Sign up and supercharge your students’ oracy! 💪📣

https://t.co/95LnKZX392

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Happy World Theatre Day! #worldtheatreday

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Repeat bookings from happy past participants are pouring in for the festival! We’d love to welcome more new schools and families as well. Message with any questions or register at https://t.co/5LSPLEFhT3

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There’s two weeks’ left to sign up for the International Oratory Festival. Come and join our happy festival family! https://t.co/5LSPLEFhT3.

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Did you know about the #PoetryByHeart Lucky Dip? Hit the button on the homepage of our website for a poem chosen at random but just right to learn by heart. What better way to celebrate #WorldPoetryDay?

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Perfect for students who have chosen to recite this poem!

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New week, NEW #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week! Use our tips to learn Wordsworth's famous poem Daffodils by heart. Aim for a subtle pulse of rhythm & rhyme in the performance so your audience can see & feel the glorious images & joyful mood of poem. #poetry https://t.co/023V7HKJpi

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If you are preparing to a recite a poem in the festival, there are some super tips on the marvellous @poetrybyheart website:

https://t.co/5RNzjYltKV

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This week is #shakespeareweek AND #worldpoetryday. What a perfect week to register for the recital of a Shakespeare Sonnet!!!

https://t.co/5LSPLEFhT3

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Our topic for this year’s 9-11s is “should we send humans into space?” A perfect one for Science Week! 🚀🪐

More information at https://t.co/5LSPLEFhT3

@ScienceWeekUK #oracy

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And here’s one for our older original poets

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#FoyleYoungPoets of the Year 2024 is now launched! The 26th Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, one of the largest and most prestigious awards for young poets aged 11-17, opens today for entries.

Could your students be winners? Learn more at https://t.co/4m26X23D9n

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Great opportunity for those entering our news report category!

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📢 Spread the news! 📢

The #BBCYoungReporterCompetition is back for 2024 and open for entries!

We want to hear original story ideas from people aged 11-18 across the UK

Find out more and enter ➡️ https://t.co/9Rz1wKhlvY

The closing date is 24 March 2024 at 11pm

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Happy World Book Day! If you love reading, you’ll love the Prose Reading in our festival where you can choose your favourite story to share 😍 #WorldBookDay2024

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We have entries from 4 continents so far - we’d love to have some representation from South America and Africa so please spread the word to anyone who may be interested!

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Visit our website at https://t.co/fVz01HuVNC for more information, or find details of all our categories and age groups in our syllabus at https://t.co/XR3iVNOmNO 💬 ... and do spread the word; our Festival becomes more fascinating and exciting with every additional speaker 😃📢!

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📢💬The next International Oratory Festival takes place from 9-19 May 2024. Here's a 🧵giving you an overview of all this year's exciting categories ... Enter online today at https://t.co/fVz01HuVNC!

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What will you report on 📰📺💬? Last year we heard about apple farming in China🍏🇨🇳, congestion on public transport in South Korea 🚇🇰🇷, an art festival in Italy 🖼️🎭🇮🇹, and global issues like climate change and the search for peace 🌎🌍🌏. Sign up at https://t.co/6fQy51VV37