British Sign Language club
Sign to Shine
Our course raises deaf awareness and teaches new communication skills for all children to enjoy.
Our course was developed and trialed with hearing and deaf children to make the content accessible, fun to learn and inclusive for all children to enjoy. It is packed full of games and activities covering topics such as deaf awareness, the alphabet, first conversations, food, animals...to name but a few. It is a good introduction for children who may wish to go on to take BSL as a GCSE in the future.
Teaching a visual language improves inclusivity from an early age, integrating and uniting children while providing them with another great way to communicate.
Sign to shine
BSL course
Our BSL course offers options to suit your needs and budget. Each course contains a comprehensive lesson plan for a weekly, term long course (approximately 12 weeks).
Coming soon!
Currently in the Sussex Area
Online Only
Access to online lessons with links to games, songs and stories
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Online tuition to guide through the learning each lesson
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Printable worksheets, activities and crafts to make and keep.
Available as a one time fee or monthly subscription
BSL Teacher Lead
(Online Programme)
We provide you with the course content and resources for you to run the club.
Access to our online lessons with links to games, songs and stories
Quality Resources - with the standard (teacher) or premium (teacher + student) service, packs are sent to you containing everything you need to run the course.
Available as a one time fee or monthly subscription
We deliver BSL Club at your school
We work with a local BSL teacher (with enhanced DBS, safeguarding knowledge and first aid training) .
This service includes all of our quality resources packed full of fun games, activities and crafts.
Charged to parents termly (over 12 weeks).
We are working hard to recruit more BSL teachers so we can bring our BSL after school club to as many areas around the UK as possible!
Basic
online only
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Access to exclusive twelve week online lessons with links to songs and stories.
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Teacher guide to help you time manage and game instructions.
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Printable teacher resources to play games and run activities.
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Plus printable fun worksheets, activities and creative crafts for students to make and keep.
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Unlimited monthly entries
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Cancel anytime
Standard
online + teacher pack
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Access to exclusive twelve week online lessons with links to songs and stories.
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Teacher guide to help you time manage and game instructions.
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Get a Teacher pack delivered straight to your school containing high quality resources to play games and run activities.
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Plus printable fun worksheets, activities and creative crafts for students to make and keep.
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Unlimited monthly entries
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Cancel anytime
Premium
online + teacher + student pack
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Everything you need delivered to your school, no need to print, cut or laminate.
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Access to exclusive twelve week online lessons with links to songs and stories.
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Teacher guide to help you time manage and game instructions.
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Get a Teacher pack delivered straight to your school containing high quality resources to play games and run activities.
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Plus, a Student pack containing fun worksheets, activities and creative crafts for students to make and keep.
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Unlimited monthly entries
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Cancel anytime
Want to use your BSL Level 6 qualification in a meaningful way working with children?
Looking for flexible work in your local area – and get paid for it?
Join us to inspire young minds, share your BSL expertise, and make a real difference in your community.
We are reaching out to find BSL teachers/TA's/individuals (deaf and hearing) to facilitate BSL Primary after school clubs in your area. Talking Hands have been working in collaboration with Sound Waves Foundation (SWF) to deliver their BSL after school clubs across Sussex and now beyond!
Talking Hands can offer you training in delivering the course, a dedicated support group with other facilitators and a mentor if required.
Courses can be run solo, or with a support facilitator if preferred. Classes are no more than 12 children and all resources are provided. SWF will also manage all communications with the school and administrate on your behalf. This will be a paid role.
To join the team of facilitators we will need:
- BSL profile
- enhanced DBS
- 1st aid certificate
- certificate of safeguarding and online safeguarding
We can help you with these!
If you're interested in the above, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at bsl@soundwavesfoundation.org
SWF is expanding and we are looking for British Sign Language teachers!
“The games were
fun and it made learning
signing really easy”
“Out of all the after school clubs, BSL rocks the most!”
