Marland Hill Community Primary School
Together we will achieve more!
Deaf Awareness Week
For Deaf Awareness Week, Ms Shah (Teacher of the deaf) did an assembly to outline the challenges deaf people face when communicating with others. The children took part in learning the different hearing equipment deaf people use, how to fingerspell the alphabet and listened to Jodie Ounsley (a deaf gladiator, author and role model) talk about the challenges she faced because of her deafness. It was lovely to see a lot of children had already learnt how to fingerspell their names and were eager to learn more signs.
By learning British Sign Language, our children will be able to communicate better with deaf people not only in our school but out in society too. Together, we can overcome the barriers deaf people face. A special shout out to Miss Shabir's class for learning how to sign the song 'Sunshine in my heart.
