Auslan

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

At the start of term 2, Aitken Hill students have been learning how to sign family members. Younger year levels have been listening to Auslan songs and stories that have an Auslan interpreter translating the text. The older years levels have been introduced to signing sentences and describing their family and people through their own depictions. 

Prep - Year 3 

Students have been taught the signs for; mum, dad, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, aunty, uncle, cousin, niece and nephew. Students have been identifying known and learnt signs in stories and songs. With this word bank,  students have been able to sign words from the drawings they have made. In addition to this, they have also begun to create simple Auslan sentences such as "I have 6 cousins", "2 aunties".    

Year 4 - Year 6 

Students have been taught the signs for; mum, dad, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, aunty, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, woman, man, girl, boy, adult, friend, children, baby, neighbour and people. Students have also expanded their word bank with many adjectives to create sentences, these include colours, external and internal character features such as beautiful, confident and brave. "My character has curly brown hair and is brave and kind". 

Auslan is the new language at Aitken Hill primary and so we have been excited to see students' enthusiasm in all areas of their learning.

As such, we have asked some students to say a few words about their thoughts on Auslan so far. 

"Auslan is useful because we can communicate with others without talking" - Yuvraj Grade 3  

"Auslan is the best subject I have ever learnt, I'm learning more things and new stuff." - Maribeil Grade 4 

"I love Auslan because you can talk to deaf people" - Julanar Grade 3 

"I like Auslan because we're learning new stuff every lesson!" - Jasmine Grade 1 

"Auslan is best thing in the world and I love it because it's fun to learn." - Sadeem Grade 3 

"Auslan is the best session because we get to learn sign language and it's really fun." - Mina Grade 4 

"Auslan is the best because we get to sign with our hands" - Hayder Grade 3

"I like Auslan because you get to sign things" - Kiaan Grade 1 

"Auslan is the best because if I saw a deaf person, I can use Auslan" - Pranshu Grade 3 

"Auslan is the best subject because I can learn sign language and new things." - Emilya Grade 4.   

"Auslan is the best because we get to know sign language" - Samia Grade 3

"I like Auslan because it's really fun and we get to learn more stuff" - Lily Grade 2

"I like Auslan because we get to learn new things and we play games and we can communicate with others" - Chelsea Grade 3  

"I love Auslan because we have the best teachers" - Jacob Grade 3  

"Auslan is really fun and you get to learn sign language and you get to talk to people who are deaf" - Amelia Grade 3