--- title: "Makaton" description: "Makaton" url: "https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/children/useful-sites/makaton" school: "St Mary's C.E. Primary School" --- # Makaton at St Mary's ![](https://www.st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/images/480x480s/gallery/communicators/image%20%281%29.jpeg) Here at St Mary's we love learning and using Makaton! Makaton is an inclusive language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech, in spoken word order. The children at St Mary's have become passionate about using Makaton to ensure everyone is included. We believe that if we learn and use Makaton, and also teach others how to use Makaton, we can help everyone to believe in themselves, achieve and fly like an eagle! The children at St Mary's are already fantastic Makaton signers! We enjoy using Makaton in school, at home, when we are out and about, and to sign along to our favourite songs! Each week we learn a new sign and symbol in our weekly Makaton assembly, whilst maintaining the ones we already know. We also hold a weekly Makaton club where children can come along and learn more Makaton to use at home, at school and just for fun! The children in the Makaton club also help lead the signing in our weekly Makaton assembly, lead the Makaton to the Lord's Pray in worship and sign along to hymns. To find out more about the Makaton Charity please click on the following link **Follow the link below to see our sign of the week.** This weeks sign is; The first part of our Lord’s Prayer **Shrove Tuesday signs** **Follow the link below to watch our Makaton song.** Our song is; **Best Day of my Life** Can you sign the alphabet? ![Image result for makaton](https://www.myvle.cloud/media/southgate-school/Makaton%20Alphabet_1.jpg) ![St Mary's C.E. Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/images/logo/st-marys-ce-primary-footer-logo.png) ### St Mary's C.E. Primary School Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LN 01889224506 - [Term Dates](https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/termdates) - [Social media links](https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/contact) - [For those that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength](https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/our-school/church) - [School Games Award ](https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/our-school/sports-premium) © Copyright 2019–2026 St Mary's C.E. Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://st-marys-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)