B.S.L: British Sign Language

Children have opportunities to practice using learnt vocabulary in pairs and identifying signs from pictures. The variety of activities ensure curriculum coverage and allows children to practice  the functional use of BSL in different contexts.

B.S.L Primer in Reception

Reception children have learnt to say good morning to their teacher using her sign name. They also have their own sign names and have started using it to address each other. Children are becoming confident in using sings alongside non-manual features such as facial expressions to communicate.

Signing Numbers in Year 1

Children in Year 1 are practicing their BSL numbers in pairs. Numbers are a key part of the BSL curriculum with a clear progression throughout the school. In Year 1 children know their numbers to 0 - 100. This supports their maths learning and ensures that BSL is cross curricular and purposeful for the children.

Spelling with B.S.L in Year 3

Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age in their topic lessons. BSL has focused on the Stone Age vocabulary to support language acquisition of all the children in class. Year 3 children enjoyed working in pairs fingerspelling new vocabulary to their partners to see if they can guess what word they finger spelt.

Answering Questions with Signing in Year 6

Year 5 have been learning to use their BSL number knowledge in different contexts and answer questions in simple conversations such as ‘How much …’ and ‘How old …’. Each number location is different in BSL depending on the context, for example the number for age is from the nose.