Headteacher forced to use sign language at school

A headteacher has had to resort to using sign language to communicate at a school where pupils are from 24 different countries. Damian Jordan uses a signing system called Makaton to speak to youngsters at Fairlight Primary school in Brighton. The headteacher, who has only just taken up his post, realised he would have to come up with a new way of communication when he found out 55 youngsters at the school speak languages ranging from Spanish, Polish, Arabic and Mandarin.