Auslan Report

Grade Prep

In Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4, Grade Preps will learn the topics People and Sport. In the People lesson, students will play the 4 Corner game where a picture is placed of a man, lady, girl and boy in various corners of the room. The teacher will sign and the students will have to move to stand near that picture to show that they have understood the sign. Grade Preps will also learn to sign a poem about people.

When learning about Sport, Grade Preps will do an Identify the Sport activity. Students will sit in a circle with ‘sport’ pictures turned face downwards in the centre. A student or the teacher will turn over a picture and students will need to identify the picture by using the Auslan sign. The lesson will conclude with a discussion about which sports students play or like.

Grade 1

In Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4, Grade 1’s will learn about Food (Junk) and Time. When learning about Food, the teacher will lead a discussion where the students sign their takeaway food preferences. They will sign using sentence starters, for example, ‘I like …..’ ‘My favourite …… ‘ First students will practice together and then take turns when asked by the teacher. This activity will encourage recalling previously learnt food signs and extending communication.

In the Time lesson, Grade 1’s will practise the numbers 1-12 in Auslan including telling the time to o’clock and half past. Students will continue their learning by playing a game called ‘What’s the time Crocodile?’ This game follows the same rules as ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?’ It will require students to have their voices off and sign the numbers to tell the time to o’clock.

Grades 2-6

In weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4, Grades 2-6 will learn the topics Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood and School Subjects. In the Fairy Tales lesson, Grade 2 students will do a Be the Character activity. The aim of this activity is to use NMF (facial expression and body language) to be the character. Students will work in groups and be allocated a character which are the wolf, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma. They will use constructed action/mime to portray each character with the focus and importance on the facial expression and body language. Grade 3/4 students will do a similar activity but with the option to change the ending of the story and Grade 5/6 students will have the opportunity to change the story completely but still using the same three characters.

When learning about School Subjects, Grade 2 students will sign their favourite subject using ‘what and ‘why’. They will sign or fingerspell their favourite subjects and use constructed action to show a scene of this learning environment. For example: if their favourite subject is art, they can mime painting a picture. Grade 3/4 students will do a similar activity but extending with the ‘when’ they do the subject and Grade 5/6 students will add the time of day to the day of the Week, e.g. Favourite subject Art when Wednesday, 10 o’clock.

Keep updated on learning Auslan each fortnight in our Partners in Learning Newsletter during Term 4.

Mrs Jessica Pfister