{"id":39369,"date":"2022-03-22T09:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=39369"},"modified":"2022-03-22T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:01:49","slug":"auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced to NSW schools for the first time in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auslan will be available to study as a first or additional language as part of a curriculum review being undertaken by the NSW Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools across the state will be able to provide Auslan classes from Kindergarten to Year 10 but it will not be mandatory for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell said this is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI am pleased to see Auslan included in the curriculum for the first time not only because it is a great step for inclusion and students with disability, but because it gives all students the opportunity to experience a unique part of Australia&#8217;s linguistic history,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Local Labor MP Liesl Tesch said the announcement comes after years of lobbying from the deaf community to make schools a more inclusive place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Ms Tesch has welcomed this positive first step to close the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople who are living with a disability are constantly trying to overcome barriers but I think we all fail to recognise that for some this barrier is not physical. For people living with hearing impairments a significant barrier is communication which impacts every facet of their lives, especially given the low amount of people proficient in Auslan,\u201d Ms Tesch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIntroducing Auslan into our school syllabus is a huge first step to closing the gap for those who have a hearing disability or know someone who does. The current syllabus enables schools an opportunity to teach classical languages like Sanskrit and Latin for example but has never had the option to choose Auslan. This decision to add Auslan to the syllabus just makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Tesch said she encourages schools to embrace and implement the new curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile in future I would like to see this become more mainstream it is positive to see even a soft launch of this in the curriculum,\u201d said Ms Tesch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI\u2019d like to encourage schools across the Central Coast to implement this program and give their students an opportunity to learn this worthwhile skill. I have always aspired to learn Auslan too, and while I am yet to be proficient I really wish I was.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope that this introduction will eventually make Auslan the norm when it comes to language skills,\u201d Ms Tesch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools across NSW currently teach 34 modern and classical languages, which are available from Kindergarten to Year 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/star-104-5-central-coast\/id1068731232\"><em>App Store<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.star1045\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images:\u00a0Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Bek Lougher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE MORE:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/here-are-all-the-locations-featured-in-the-toni-collettes-pieces-of-her-filmed-on-the-central-coast\/\">Here Are All The Local Locations Featured In The Toni Collette Drama Filmed On The Central Coast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced to NSW schools for the first time in 2023. Auslan will be available to study as a first or additional language as part of a curriculum review being undertaken by the NSW Government. Schools across the state will be able to provide Auslan classes from Kindergarten to Year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4665],"tags":[9002,2818],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-39369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-central-coast-news","tag-auslan","tag-central-coast-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Star 104.5 Central Coast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"906\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"638\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bek Lougher\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\"},\"headline\":\"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Auslan\",\"Central Coast News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Home\",\"Local News &amp; Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/\",\"name\":\"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\"},\"description\":\"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg\",\"width\":906,\"height\":638,\"caption\":\"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced to NSW schools for the first time in 2023.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/home\\\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"Star 104.5\",\"description\":\"Central Coast\",\"alternateName\":\"Star FM\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\",\"name\":\"Bek Lougher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bek Lougher\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.star1045.com.au\\\/author\\\/rlougher\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023","description":"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023","og_description":"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/","og_site_name":"Star 104.5 Central Coast","article_published_time":"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":906,"height":638,"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bek Lougher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bek Lougher","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/"},"author":{"name":"Bek Lougher","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9"},"headline":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023","datePublished":"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/"},"wordCount":468,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg","keywords":["Auslan","Central Coast News"],"articleSection":["Home","Local News &amp; Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/","name":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-21T22:01:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-21T22:01:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9"},"description":"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced and taught to students in Kindergarten to Year 10 in NSW schools for the first time in 2023.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1.jpg","width":906,"height":638,"caption":"Australian Sign Language (Auslan) will be introduced to NSW schools for the first time in 2023."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/auslan-set-to-be-taught-in-nsw-schools-from-2023\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Auslan Set To Be Taught In NSW Schools From 2023"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/","name":"Star 104.5","description":"Central Coast","alternateName":"Star FM","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9","name":"Bek Lougher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf2b1abe2b0df78084ca72f6fa2281421e846fe1f6ea8224ca0c051e76fa997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bek Lougher"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_379556860_1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Bek Lougher","author_link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39369"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=39369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}