Exciting Learnings in Primary Chinese lessons

Early Years children have learned the ancient poem "Youzi Yin” (The Song of Parting Son), which helped them to experience the love of mothers. Through reading and singing aloud, children were able to feel the respect and love expressed by the poet for his mother.

Year 1 children in non-native group have learned the theme of fruit. They really enjoyed listening to the story "The Hungry Caterpillar" of Chinese version, and tried to introduce what kind of fruits the caterpillar normally eats for a week.

Year 2 children in non-native group have learned about the topic of Weather. They’ve made some handicrafts about the weather to help them understand vocabulary and sentences of this topic. Year 2 in native groups enjoyed performing the stories that they’ve learned from the textbook.

Year 3 children in native groups have learned about the story of Chinese ancient Myths.  “Houyi shooting the suns” is one of the typical stories, which helped children to open up the exploration of Mythology. Year 3 children non-native class have learned about the topic of Stationery. Through the activities of making stationery shops, children have consolidated their vocabulary and short conversations about buying stationery in shops. This is one of their favorite ways to improve their practical Chinese language skills.

Y4 children in native groups have participated in a hard-tipped pen calligraphy competition and some children have won excellence awards and certificates issued from Primary Chinese Department. They were very proud of it.

Year 5 children in native groups have studied the Modern Poetry Unit and they’ve tried to create their own modern poems through their imagination. They’ve done a brilliant job.

Year 6 Set2 children have learned the topic of Night Market. They have shown interest in learning the vocabulary of different stalls at Night Market and they’ve created their own market in class. Set 3 children have written their own essays about "My Home is a Zoo", which stimulated the children's imagination and creativity well.

We are very pleased to see that children can maintain their enthusiasm for Chinese learning through the enjoyable class activities. We are hoping that they would feel more confident in speaking Chinese and achieve a lot by the end of the school year.

Julia Huang

Head of Primary Chinese