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Allerton Grange is a resourced school for deaf and hearing impaired children. Children are taxied in from all over the city if they need more support than could be offered in their local mainstream school. Many of the children are bilingual using both English and British Sign Language (BSL)in their everyday life. We have a bilingual policy which develops the use and understanding of both languages, as well using the languages to access the mainstream curriculum.
Yorkshire Evening Post - 7th July 2011...........
British Sign Language Student awarded top accolade…..
Iram Siddique, a year 10 bilingual student at Allerton Grange has recently been awarded the accolade of 2010 - 2011 student of the year at Leeds Thomas Danby College. Iram, who is a deaf and visually impaired student took the BTEc course in Health and Social care and will continue with a follow on course next year.
With BSL (British Sign Language) listed as her first language and English as her 2nd language, Iram is one of the 10 students currently attending Allerton Grange School which is a resourced school for deaf and hearing impaired children. Many of the children in the DAHIT department are bilingual, using both English and British Sign Language (BSL)in their everyday life. The Service has a bilingual policy which develops the use and understanding of both languages, as well as using the languages to access the mainstream curriculum. Jo Reveley, from the DAHIT team at Allerton Grange said “ I am truly delighted that Iram has achieved this prestigious award which she wholeheartedly deserves due to the amount of effort and commitment she gave”
- 18/07/11 Asian Express "Sign language student wins top accolade"
The staff team is made up of different roles to facilitate this access
Teachers of the Deaf (ToD's)
They are qualified teachers who are additionally qualified as teachers of the deaf. They work in close liaison with mainstream colleagues, They are responsible for ensuring Deaf pupils learn and achieve their potential within mainstream inclusive settings. They work in mainstream and withdrawal lessons in base.
Communication Support Workers (CSW's)
CSW's are training or qualified in the educational use of British Sign Language (BSL) .
They support the deaf pupils in most mainstream situations by interpreting/ note-taking or other methods.
Deaf Instructors (DI's)
A Deaf adult trained or being trained to be an adult linguistic, cultural deaf role model, teach B.S.L. to Deaf and Hearing pupils and hearing colleagues and support deaf pupils across age of base and mainstream lessons.
Curriculum
Deaf students follow the same curriculum as their hearing peers depending on their individual abilities and needs. While some students are in mainstream for most of the curriculum, some students need additional support in base especially with their English which many deaf children learn as a second language. Many deaf students struggle with their literacy as BSL has a different structure to English and no written form, so unlike other bilinguals their skills in their first language cannot be transferred into their second language.
Other students have discrete lessons in base such as Life Skills and Deaf Drama and PSE which covers a variety of subjects.
Last updated 20th July 2011
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