We welcomed a visitor into our Year 9 Auslan class on Friday of Week 7. It was Gary and his hearing dog Tyson. They were also joined by an Auslan interpreter Tracey. It was a joy to have them here and it was much fun to use our Auslan skills to introduce ourselves and learn about what exactly hearing dogs do. The students wrote about what they had learnt during the visit;

“Things I learned about Gary today:

• Tyson can give Gary notifications about people at his door and also smoke alarms.
• Deaf clubs and noise off clubs in Adelaide.
• Gary only started sign language three years ago.”

It was great to have a member of the Deaf community join us here at Balaklava High School, we were very privileged and would enjoy having Gary and Tyson again.