Auslan Extra!

Auslan Extra

Hey hey and hello Families, Carers and the Armstrong Creek community, 

Hope this finds you all well and looking forward to the school holidays which are just around the corner! 

Did you enjoy the AFL challenge? How many correct answers did you get? 

During the school holidays, if you want to continue to practise Auslan, here are a few activities: 

Write down the words you or your family wish to learn and then check out the signs in the Auslan Dictionary (Signbank) www.auslan.org.au - type the word into “keyword” and have a play. 

Continuing with Signbank, why not practise your fingerspelling https://auslan.org.au/spell/twohanded.html you could enter any word and practise fingerspelling it at either a slow or fast pace. If you are seeking more of a challenge, use randomly generated words and make it into the competition with your family: https://auslan.org.au/spell/practice.html

ABC iVeiw – Watch Sally and Possum 

Every Sunday on the ABC news at 5pm, you will see Auslan interpreters and Deaf-specific news during the last 10 minutes of the program. 

Before I forget, in what is a new initiative, an interesting fact to share is that April 13 is the day we will celebrate “Auslan Day”. All the information is on the website below including Trevor Johnston explaining where Auslan comes from and a bit about the history of Auslan. Check out the website:

https://deafaustralia.org.au/auslan-day/

We will do something special in the first week of Term 2 to recognise “Auslan Day”.

This clip relates to the Easter theme to help us celebrate this holiday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve9QjwyyK5Q