·         Display has been completed

·         Some Makaton signs have been recorded and are displayed in the school (Corridor, office and display in the lunch hall).

·         Discussed the display – children are happy with it

·         Renewed the list of children that are happy to be recorded for the sign of the month videos

·         Assembly – group not coming up for songs

o   Feedback – Mr O’Neil isn’t asking the group

o   Some children aren’t confident coming up in front of the whole school

o   Took a list of the children that would like to come up

–          Reviewed the songs

o   Everyone is confident with the actions

–          Completed our communication rights/total communication poster

Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions and to access all kinds of information, as long as it is within the law.

·         Mrs Benson to remind Mr O’Neil to ask communication group to come to front of assembly

·         Mrs Benson will put the posters up around the school

·         Mrs Benson will collect some children to record more videos for the sign of the month

·         Slot in Together Time confirmed with Mr O’Neil for sign of the month and for Christmas signs for December

·         List of volunteers to do the sign of the month at assembly

·         Learned how to sign “how are you?”, “happy” and “sad”

·         Display materials finished for the display in the dinner hall.

The child shall have the right to freedom of expression: this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

·         Pupil Group to join in with the songs at assembly

·         Volunteers to share the sign of the month at assembly

·         Mrs Benson to put up display in Dinner Hall

·         Recapped last minutes

·         Discussion with Mr O’Neil Recapped

·         Sign of the month at assembly

·         Group to do signing along with the songs at assembly

·         List of volunteers for recordings for visuals/signs around the school and the website

·         Group want to do seasonal vocabulary at assemblies

·         Group decorated lettering for the display board

The child shall have the right to freedom of expression: this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

·         Group to finish the display letters and return

·         Mrs Benson will collect group in the next few weeks to do the recordings for the display

·         Recapped previous meeting

·         Handed out lanyards – discussed visuals and what they would be used for

·         Learned Makaton for “How are you?” and “happy” and “sad”

·         Makaton sign of the month at assembly – took a list of volunteers

·         Discussed possible signs to teach – generated a list

·         Discussed making videos for the school website – lots of volunteers for this too

·         Discussed creating a display board for signs for everyone to see and reference – pupils thought this was a good idea

·         Group ideas

o   Stories to share at assembly/on website

o   Songs

o   Games

The child shall have the right to freedom of expression: this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

·         Speak to Mr O’Neil about introducing sign of the month at assembly

·         Mrs Benson and Mrs McQueen to create display board

·         N/A

·         What is total communication?

·         Lanyards – group decided it would be useful for each member to have a lanyard – we picked what symbols would be useful

·         We discussed using whiteboards for children to be able to draw their needs and wants

·         We discussed using sound buttons on class displays so everyone can access the information on these

·         We talked about Makaton at assemblies and introducing a school Makaton sign of the week

The child shall have the right to freedom of expression: this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

·         Mrs McQueen and Mrs Benson to create lanyards for group members with the chosen visuals