BSL Curriculum
Mildmay Primary 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 third 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.
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Below you can see an overview of the themes that will be taught in nursery and the other year groups:
| Term1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | |
| Nursery | I can sign the alphabet | I can sign colours | I can sign numbers 1- 10 |
| Stage 1 (YR) | I can understand basic classroom instructions. | I can communicate basic feelings and emotions | I can communicate signs linking to school subjects. |
| Stage 2 (Y1) | I can sign different seasons and basic weather and sign which weather I like and/or dislike | I can sign communicate different types of transport and communicate how I travel to school by signing a simple BSL sentence. |
I can sign different types of sports. I can learn some basic deaf awareness tips. |
| Stage 3 (Y2-Y6) |
I can sign different types of pronouns. I can use placement to broaden the understanding of BSL vocabulary. |
I can sign roles for different family members. I can sign where I live, who lives with me and also ask others. |
I can sign different types of clothing. I can describe someone using BSL and apply prior learning. |
| Stage 4 | Under Construction | ||
Each week children are shown PowerPoint slides introducing a new BSL objective and modelling how to sign the new vocabulary.
Within the PowerPoint slides, 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.
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