Turn the children into news reporters - interviewing guests, reporting on events and making announcements for a real audience. Their speaking and listening skills will develop rapidly.

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Teachers could broadcast a regular ‘story time’ to children. Ideal for encouraging literacy in the home.

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Let children record their own learning aids such as times tables, spellings, or foreign language vocabulary - then listen to them at leisure.

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Groups of children could write, direct and perform their own radio plays - developing teamwork skills and improving behaviour.

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Children could prepare and perform radio adverts to publicise forthcoming events and encourage community participation.

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An audio guide to the school for new parents and visitors could be produced. Regular newsletters could be read out and broadcast online.

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School Council members could debate council issues within a podcast – helping them to think, form an opinion and express themselves clearly.

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