HIARP Autumn 2024 Update

JPA’s Additionally Resourced Provision for deaf children and young people

Deaf students in JPA have had an exciting Autumn term!

In October, a Year 9 student proudly wrote this poem about her experience of deafness:

I Am Deaf

Who am I? and who are you?
I may not be able to hear you,
But that doesn’t mean I can’t understand you.

I am creative and imaginative,
I am confident and positive.
I’ve got enough to go around for everyone I see,
And when you talk to me,
There are no communication barriers, you see.

I am deaf, I am lucky.
I can sleep throughout the night,
Without hearing any sounds.
I can succeed throughout the year,
With support and guidance all around.

I am like you,

Yes, deaf people can do whatever you do.

‘I am deaf’
poem written by Sarah.

In November, we linked up with the Newcastle Deaf Centre and Plymouth University to participate in a project funded by Innovate UK.

The project aims to create glasses that will allow deaf people to attend any cinema screening, by creating glasses that will give access to both captions and a BSL interpreter.

These features will be controlled by the individual, to reposition and resize them, as well as change the colour, language and font to improve the quality of the experience.

This term students have also been involved in 2 other projects:

A Nutrition Research Project at Newcastle University, looking to improve the access deaf people have to information about nutrition and well-being. Our students have been working as ambassadors to collect information about the experience deaf people have.
A project at Edinburgh University which is aiming to create AI technology that will accurately summarise lessons into a short paragraph, containing key vocabulary, concepts and homework tasks. The hope is that these paragraphs could then be emailed to both students and staff in the provision to support the post teaching and consolidation of this work.

Remember students have access to deaf awareness resources and information in the HIARP classroom on the VLE, and that further information about the provision can be found on the school website. We are always happy to have visitors or to answer any questions.