Sign2Sing

Transforming the lives of Deaf children

sign2sing gets behind Anti-Bullying Week

Home > anti-bullying

By Leave a Comment

Sign2sing’s 2017 song ‘Together’ has a strong anti-bullying message, telling us that we’re ‘better off together’.  That’s why we’re getting behind Anti Bullying Week (14-18th November).

The theme this year is #powerforgood.   The aim of the week is to:

  • Support children and young people to use their power for good by understanding the waysin which they are powerful and encouraging individual and collective action to stop bullying and create the best possible world.
  • Help parents and carers use their power for good by supporting children with  and cares to use their power for good to support children with issues relating to bullying and and working together with schools to stop bullying.
  • Encourage all teachers, school support staff and youth workers to use their power for good, by valuing the difference they can make in a child’s life and taking individual and collection action to prevent bullying and creating safe environments where children can thrive.

Source: www.antibullyingalliance.org.uk

Sign2sing is a great way to make anti-bullying a key part of the curriculum including PSHE, music and drama.  If you haven’t signed up to take part, why not register today?

By Leave a Comment

Children from St John the Baptist RC Primary School in Brighton showed off their singing and signing skills this week at the opening ceremony of the Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition at the Brighton Centre.

The Whitehawk-based school learned the song and signs as part of sign2sing, a fundraising activity organised by the Deaf Health Charity SignHealth. Sign2sing raises money to help vulnerable deaf children in the UK and Uganda.

“We were very excited to perform the song at the opening of the conference” Jane Noble, Music Coordinator, St John the Baptist RC Primary School

Eighteen children, aged between nine and eleven, performed Reach Out Your Hand at the conference before an audience of delegates and exhibitors. The inspiring song, which was written specially for sign2sing 2016, has a strong anti-bullying theme and has been performed by schools, businesses and other organisations across the UK and overseas.

St John the Baptist have taken part in sign2sing a number of times in the past, this year raising £366 to help deaf children.

“Everyone at St John the Baptist is really proud to have been involved with sign2sing.It’s such a wonderful introduction to signing and raises money for a really important cause.” said Music Coordinator Jane Noble “We were very excited to have the opportunity to perform the song at the opening of the conference and share the joy of signing and singing with so many people.”

Jenny Angliss, Communications Officer at SignHealth said:

“The children from St John the Baptist are fantastic singers and signers. Everyone at SignHealth was delighted that the school was selected to represent sign2sing at such a prestigious event. Hopefully their performance will encourage other schools, businesses and groups to take part in sign2sing 2017, raising money to help vulnerable deaf children.”

By Leave a Comment

‘Make a noise about bullying’ is the message for this year’s Anti Bullying Week (16-20th November).   Sign2sing is getting behind the anti-bullying message with the new song Reach Out Your Hand.

“Reach out your hand to somebody today”

Anti Bullying Week is about empowering children and young people to make a noise about bullying, whether it’s happening to them or to someone else.   The week also encourages parents and teachers to talk to children about bullying.

abw_twitter_black_500x250

The video and words of Reach Out Your Hand encourage children to accept difference and to reach out a helping hand to others who may be feeling hurt or excluded. The video features deaf and hearing children from primary schools in St Albans who regularly work and play together.

For information and resources visit the website of the Anti-Bullying Alliance.