Auslan News

LOOK WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AUSLAN AT MPHPS

Hello everyone,

We’ve had another fantastic fortnight in the Auslan classroom! It has been wonderful to see students confidently practising the signs they have learned and showing such enthusiasm for their learning.

SIGNS OF THE WEEK

Don’t forget to ask your child to show you some of the Auslan signs they have been learning. Over the past fortnight, we have been revising many of the signs introduced last year to strengthen students’ confidence and recall.

Our Signs of the Week are ‘nature’, ‘beach’, and 'forest.’ We encourage you to practise these at home together!

IN THE CLASSROOM

Years 3 – Students will consolidate their learning of the Auslan alphabet and will focus on signing numbers from 1–20.

Year 4 – Students will consolidate their understanding of Auslan signs related to the alphabet, numbers, and animals, further developing their confidence and accuracy. They will focus on learning to sign words and short sentences about hobbies and interests.

Year 5 – Students will continue to build on their knowledge of nature-related vocabulary and will be introduced to signs and phrases connected to sports and recreation.

Year 6 – Students will continue to revise how to solve simple equations in Auslan and will learn how to tell the time. They will explore how to sign different times of the day, including o’clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to, as well as how to ask and respond to questions about time.

Auslan belongs to the same sign language family as British Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language. This happened because deaf teachers from Britain came to Australia in the 19th century and influenced how signing developed here.