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Shaw Ridge signs up as a deaf friendly school OF
A West Swindon primary school has taken steps to ensure that children with hearing impairment are GORSE
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South Swindon MP Julia Drown . « ^j SPECIALISTS IN WEDDING HIRE
heard how all children and staff ` SENIOR SCHOOL UNIFORM
were becoming more deaf aware KING SIZE MENSWEAR
as part of the National Deaf Chil- 1 y _ AND IN-HOUSE ALTERATION/
dreri s Society NCDS 60th anni- • TAILORING DEPARTMENT
versary campaign: Language
without limits, futures without 124 Cricklade Road
barriers.' Gorse Hill, Swindon
Headteacher Sally Cowell said ^ i a Tel: 642211
that although there were only two Open: gam - 5.30pm
children with severe hearing loss Wed & Sat 9am - 5pm
in the school, large numbers expe- Free car park
rience temporary hearing impair-
ment through glue ear, heavy Signing 'Hello from Shaw Ridge', from
colds, or having grommits. "Chil- left, Anne Snelgrove, Labour's prospec- Celebrate Christmas Do you want to make
dren can miss a lot of education, tive Parliamentary candidate, Janet
and feel discriminated against, if Archer, Year 5/6 teacher, headteacher internationally than es to your life?
teachers don't have greater aware- Sally Cowell, Julia Drown To find out how people in Swin- Cr to the life you want
ness of their needs, whilst some don with an interest in speaking i h Life C a ing
children may not understand the Julia Drown said she was de- Russian, German and Italian will an h p y u:
needs of another with a hearing lighted by the efforts being made be celebrating the festive season, Coa i
aid. by the school to create a deaf aware mail Silke Burkhardt: s.burkhardt • f:e^l d b ter parent
"We've worked hard on the environment. "I was testing the @reading.ac.uk • aaih control vour weioht
NCDS guidelines to make our children on their sign language;
school more deaf aware. We've their knowledge of the signing al-
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looked at how equipment is posi- phabet is impressive.
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tioned, for example the computer "It's so important that children
assisted white boards, so that deaf understand that there can be dif- or 0777 0 ,0555
children can see the board and the ferences between them but there is e:a' etcom
teacher, and the children who wear no reason for people to be treated www.ali 'an.com
hearing aids have helped others differently. Member of the nternatione
discover a little of what it is like to "I'd like to see more schools Coaching Federation J
be without one of the important across the town take up the lead
senses." provided by Shaw Ridge."

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