Speech Competition for Year 5 & 6

The Year 5 & 6 children have been working very hard on the Mandarin speech this term. First, we wrote the script. The topics are about ourselves, such as our family, pets, our favourite food, colours, hobbies and sports, as well as the countries we want to visit. We then had our in-class competition and four children will be selected from each class to go to the final, which will be in week 8 on Monday 12th September at 9:15am. It was a very good experience for the students.

Mandarin class for teachers

'Ni hao!' 15 teachers are learning to speak Mandarin every Friday at lunchtime.
We experienced Chinese calligraphy today. We wrote Chinese numerals and the character 福 (fortune) using traditional brush and ink. Chinese calligraphy is the art of writing and it requires a relaxed mind and focus.

How to write numbers 1 to 10 in Chinese

The Year 2s have been learning how to count and write numbers to 10. They have done an amazing job. Here are some great videos for you to review the numbers at home. You can make flash cards and teach your family how to count in Mandarin!

Number songs

Here are some of our favourite number songs, especially for the junior school :)

Videos for Chinese characters

We have learned to write some Chinese characters include
日(ri, sun/day)
月(yue, moon/month)
山(shan, mountain)

These are all pictorial characters which have a history of thousands of years. The videos show you how they have changed from pictures to characters.

Song for body parts

'Head, shoulders, knees and toes' in Mandarin - please follow the song with action!
We had so much fun doing it in class, please practise at home and teach your family!

BBC Mandarin games

You can find lots of games in this website, which include topics such as numbers, colours, family, food, hobbies etc. Have fun!

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/mandarin/