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Communication

Useful words Talking: - speech oral speaking spoken language lip reading Signing: - manual silent classes finger alphabet BSL SSE total communication
1894 Prospectus	...Every child who enters. young... will be taught on the Oral System...For those who enter the school later...or...after at least one year's trial in the Oral Department...there will be a Manual Department, in which they will be taught by.. the Finger Alphabet and Signs...In no case will harsh restrictions be adopted to prevent the children from using their natural method of communication, but in the classrooms the oral pupils will be taught upon the strict principles of the Oral System...
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November 1895 School Magazine by the Headmaster, Mr Shaw	"If you cannot speak what you want to say, write it, or spell it on your fingers. Don't sign. Speaking is better than signing. Writing is better than signing. Try to use the language you have learnt."
Extract from General Information on the Royal Cross School by C P Jones (Headmaster 1977 to 1990)	"The school is totally oral and the staff are uncompromising in this approach."
Royal Cross School for the Deaf Annual Report	'...At the Royal Cross School the children are taught by oral methods...'
Evening Post, Monday September 3, 1990	'...total communication...which covers lip-reading, body language and signing'.
January 1996 Language, Communication and Culture Policy	'...The developing bilingual policy at RCPS means pupils will have access to both BSL and English (through SSE)...'
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