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Mildmay Primary School

with a Resource Base for Deaf Children

“Growing, Caring and Learning Together”

BSL Curriculum

Mildmay Primary School’s BSL Curriculum

In September 2023 we launched our own BSL curriculum designed to meet communication needs within our school and support the whole school community to learn BSL from the start and throughout their time at Mildmay Primary School.

 

Already in its second year, the curriculum will grow year on year to create a seven-year progressive programme from reception to year six. 

 

We have also created an Early Years curriculum specifically for use within Little Robins nursery to support our youngest learners to learn BSL.

 

Here is a sample overview of the signs being learned in school:

 Term 1Term 2Term 3
NurseryI can sign the alphabetI can sign coloursI can sign numbers     1-10
Reception (Stage 1)I can understand basic classroom instructionsI can communicate basic feelings and emotionsI can communicate signs linked to school subjects
Years 1-6 (Stage 2)I can describe the weatherI can describe how people travel to school 

 

Within the PowerPoints, there are videos to demonstrate the sign to the children.  This is filmed both head on and with a side profile, to support the learning of directional signs.  The videos also allow facial expression and body language to be modelled as well.   Below is an example of one of these videos.

BSL Curriulum Example Video.mov

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