Five-Minute Oracy Chats: Editable PowerPoint

Struggling to fit meaningful talk into a busy day? This ready-to-use PowerPoint makes it simple.

Five-Minute Oracy Chats is designed for quick, engaging whole-class discussions that build confidence, vocabulary and reasoning, all in just a few minutes.

Each slide features simple, child-friendly prompts like “Would you rather…?”, “Do you like…?” and “Choose your favourite…” to get every child talking, thinking and explaining.

Perfect for:

Morning carpet time
Transition moments
Settling activities
Daily oracy practise

What’s included:

A range of ready-made discussion slides
Familiar, engaging themes (food, animals, play, weather, everyday choices)
Sentence stems to support full responses (e.g. “I would rather… because…”)
Bright, consistent visuals to support understanding
Fully editable slides so you can adapt wording or images
Blank templates included to create your own prompts in the same style

Designed with EYFS and KS1 in mind, these chats support:

Speaking in full sentences
Giving reasons
Turn-taking and listening
Building confidence in a low-pressure way

Because great oracy doesn’t need an hour… it just needs a moment done well.