British Sign Language

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Did you know?

• British Sign Language was recognised as an official language within the UK on the 18th March 2003
• British Sign Language has regional variations, just like spoken English has dialects and accents.
• You can be a left handed or a right handed signer, just like you can use your left or right hand to write.
• Bristish Sign Language is only used in Britian. In America they use ASL, in France they use LSF, just the same as different countries speak different languages.
• Around 150,000 people in the UK use BSL.

Want to learn more?

Let's start with finger spelling the alphabet.

a	b	c	d	e	f
g	h	i	j	k	l
m	n	o	p	q	r
s	t	u	v	w	x
		y	z

Watch the video clip below. Can you work out what words are being finger spelt?Challenge Yourself!

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Signs of the Week

Each week we learn a new sign that you will often need in school. This week’s sign of the week is……….XXXXXXXXXX……

(video clip of the signs of the week)