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*Pictures taken from Google images
What is No Pens Day!?
A national day that focuses on our
and listening skills (it means no
no writing ALL DAY...)
speaking
pens and
There are thousands of other schools
taking part too!
Quick quiz... true or false!?
1. 1 in 10 of all children and young people struggle with their
communication skills, through no fault of their own.
2. Language development is complete around the age of 9.
3. Babies can recognise their mum’s voice even before they
are born.
4. Talking and listening to young children is the most
important thing in helping them learn to talk.
5. Only 10% of what we communicate is through our body
language
We know that communication is
important for loads of things....
So imagine that you found communication
hard...
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We start developing our communication
skills as a baby and through primary school
And they continue to develop right
through secondary...
Communication skills are the same as
many other skills...with practice we get
better and better!