PIES Badge Based Curriculum
Using spoken language to communicate effectively with others. Speaking supports self-expression, discussion, storytelling, presentation skills and social interaction.
🏅 PIES Summary Badge
Area: Speaking
Badge: Speaking Summary Badge
Purpose of This Badge
This Summary Badge provides an opportunity to celebrate everything your child has explored, practised and developed within the Speaking area.
By looking back over completed badges, you can recognise progress, identify strengths and celebrate achievements that may otherwise go unnoticed.
This badge is designed to help you appreciate how far your child has come while looking forward to future growth and development.
Completed Badges Review
✅ Non-Verbal Communication
✅ Pronunciation and Articulation
✅ Vocabulary Use in Speech
✅ Expressive Language
✅ Oral Language Development
✅ Questioning and Clarifying
✅ Conversation Skills: Initiating
✅ Conversation Skills: Maintaining and Ending
✅ Storytelling and Narrative Skills
✅ Speaking Fluency
✅ Presentation Skills: Planning and Organising
✅ Presentation Skills: Delivery
Consider revisiting completed Evidence Records, Journey Journal entries, projects, discussions and experiences that contributed to each badge.
Looking Back
Use the completed badges, Evidence Records and Journey Journal entries to reflect on your child's development.
Consider:
How has your child's confidence when speaking changed over time?
Which speaking activities were enjoyed most?
What communication skills have developed most noticeably?
How has your child become more confident expressing ideas, thoughts or feelings?
Which conversations, presentations or storytelling experiences stand out most?
How has speaking helped your child connect with other people?
There are no right or wrong answers.
The purpose of this reflection is to help you recognise growth that may not always be obvious when viewed day by day.
Progress Through the PIES Stages
Reflect on your child's current stage.
🌱 Early Years (0–4)
Children often begin developing early communication through sounds, gestures, facial expressions, words and simple conversations. Speaking is closely connected to play, exploration and relationships.
🔍 Discovery Years (5–7)
Children often develop confidence using language to communicate ideas, ask questions, tell stories and participate in conversations with others.
🚀 Exploration Years (8–11)
Children often strengthen vocabulary, speaking fluency, storytelling and conversational skills while becoming increasingly confident communicators.
🌟 Independence Years (12–15)
Young people often communicate more effectively in a variety of situations, adapting language to suit audiences, purposes and social contexts.
🎓 Young Adult Years (16–18)
Young adults often use speaking skills confidently in personal, educational, community and workplace settings while continuing to develop their own voice and communication style.
Consider how your child is developing within their current stage and whether they are demonstrating increasing confidence, independence and capability.
Knowledge Developed
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to develop knowledge of:
Spoken communication and language development
Different ways people communicate ideas and emotions
Conversational conventions and social communication
Storytelling and presentation techniques
Audience, purpose and effective communication strategies
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Skills Practised
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to practise:
Speaking clearly and confidently
Participating in conversations
Expressing ideas, opinions and experiences
Asking questions and seeking clarification
Planning and delivering presentations
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Understanding Gained
Throughout this area, your child has had opportunities to develop understanding of:
How spoken language helps people communicate and connect
That effective communication involves both speaking and listening
How different situations may require different communication styles
The importance of confidence, clarity and respect in communication
How communication skills support relationships, learning and participation in society
These examples may help when completing your PIES Evidence Record.
Celebrating Achievement
Reflect on the achievements that stand out most during this area.
Consider:
🌟 What has your child achieved that makes you proud?
🌟 When did your child demonstrate increased confidence when speaking?
🌟 Which conversation, presentation or storytelling experience stands out most?
🌟 What communication skill improved most noticeably?
🌟 Which achievement required perseverance or courage?
🌟 How has your child grown as a communicator?
Achievement should not be measured through comparison with others.
Different children develop at different rates and in different ways.
Achievement may be reflected through effort, perseverance, confidence, participation, resilience or personal growth. All of these deserve recognition and celebration.
⭐ Emerging Strengths
Throughout this area, your child may have demonstrated particular strengths.
Consider:
Which skills appear most naturally?
Which activities were completed with enthusiasm?
Which experiences were repeatedly chosen?
Which achievements stand out most?
Which areas showed the greatest confidence?
Which experiences generated curiosity or excitement?
Which skills would your child happily practise again?
These observations may help identify future interests, talents and areas for further exploration.
Remember that strengths do not need to be exceptional to be valuable.
Small interests often grow into lifelong passions when they are recognised and nurtured.
Learning Summary
Using your completed Evidence Records, write a summary of your child's development within this area.
Example:
Over the past year, my child has developed increasing confidence and effectiveness as a communicator. They have strengthened their speaking skills through conversations, storytelling, presentations and everyday interactions. They have become more comfortable expressing ideas, asking questions and sharing opinions while demonstrating growing fluency and confidence. Through a variety of experiences, they have developed stronger communication skills, greater self-expression and an increasing ability to engage positively with others.
Looking Ahead
Consider what you would like to explore next year.
You might think about:
new interests
new experiences
further challenges
developing confidence
increasing independence
You might also consider:
Exploring new opportunities for public speaking or presentations
Developing storytelling, discussion or debate skills
Finding new ways to use communication skills in community and real-life situations
Remember that development is a journey rather than a destination.
The aim is not to achieve perfection, but to continue providing meaningful opportunities for growth, enjoyment and discovery.
Parent Reassurance
Every child develops differently. This Summary Badge is an opportunity to celebrate progress, not perfection.
By reflecting on your child's experiences and achievements, you are creating a valuable record of their educational journey and recognising learning that has taken place throughout everyday life.
The goal is not to compare your child to others. The goal is to recognise, record and celebrate growth.