Sign2Sing 2013 Guinness Record Breakers

sign2sing 2013

It’s official - Guinness say we are Record Breakers again! 

Earlier this year members of the PDDCS and adults from the local deaf community joined the students at Jack Hunt School for the Sign2Sing event.

Guinness have confirmed Sign Health's new Guinness World Record of the most people performing sign language simultaneously to the same song in different locations to be 116,980 beating the old record by 2,703!

Roll on 2014!!

PDDCS members involved in Sign2Sing 2013

A quick warm up

Yesterday, at precisely 2.45pm, children, young people, and some slightly older adults from the local Peterborough deaf community supported Middleton and Jack Hunt School children with their respective Sign2Sing attempts. Both schools have a specialist provision for deaf students. After their successful involvement in last year's world record winning attempt, the students and staff committed to being involved in this year's efforts.

Counting down to 2.45pm

The students have joined tens of thousands of individuals across the UK to set another new record for the most people singing and performing a song in sign language at the same time. Steve Powell, chief executive of SignHealth is hoping around 1,200 schools will participate to ensure the current world record is broken. "Last year (2012), 114,277 children took part in our second sign2sing event and broke our previous record.

Sign2Sing 2013

This year all participants received a certificate with a secret code to unlock Monkey Manor and access to loads of games, competitions and prizes (including an IPad Mini).  The money raised from the Sing2Sing events will be used to continue Sign Health's charity work, helping to improve the mental and physical health and well-being of deaf young people and adults.

Sign2Sing 2013

This years record breaking sign-a-thon Sign2Sing 2013 takes place on 6th February at 2.45pm.

Sign 2 Sign World Record Broken!

Well, you may remember that back in February, people across the land took part in an attempt to break the world record for the highest number of people across the UK signing to a song at the same time ..

Well good news. Although not yet confirmed by Guinness, the organisers are confident that the record has been broken with 114,227 participants. That's 19,788 more than the previous world record. 

Big thanks goes out in Peterborough to Teresa Quail, staff and pupils at Jack Hunt School, Action on Hearing Loss staff and folk from Peterborough Deaf Club who all got involved on the day. 

Check back PDDCS News for the official confirmation - but its a good as done now. 

Sign2sing 2012: Be part of a World Record Breaking Event

Have you heard of the SignHealth initiative- sign2sing?
This initiative involves breaking the World record for the most people singing and signing at the same time. Last year SignHealth broke the record by a huge margin, with 94,489 children and adults singing and signing. This year they currently have 960 schools signed up across the board of mainstream, special schools, Deaf schools and schools with hearing impaired units.

SignHealth are keen to have more deaf children taking part.
Ask your teacher to register your school.
It’s not too late.
SignHealth will send your school a splendid resource pack and a training DVD which teaches the signs in a fun and engaging way and features the ever-popular Olli the signing monkey!

To register or find out more, please go to http://www.sign2sing.org.uk/ or email Lesley Gorton, events manager at lgorton@signhealth.org.uk

Sign up NOW!!