LOTE (Mandarin)
Ms Hilary Cheng
Karoo Primary School
Mandarin News – Weeks 4 & 5 🎭✨
It has been a wonderful couple of weeks in Mandarin, filled with creativity, curiosity and lots of fun!
In Week 4, students continued building their Mandarin skills through a range of engaging activities. Our younger learners enjoyed practising greetings, colours and numbers through games and hands-on activities, while our older students worked on describing family members and ordering their favourite Chinese dishes. It was lovely to see students becoming more confident in using Mandarin and having a go at speaking Chinese with their classmates!
In Week 5, we took a colourful journey into Chinese culture as students explored 变脸 (biàn liǎn) – Sichuan Opera Face-Changing! 🎭 Students were fascinated by the incredible performances, where masks seemed to change in the blink of an eye! We also discovered how different colours in Chinese opera masks can tell us about a character's personality. The highlight was seeing students bring their own creative ideas to life by designing unique opera masks, each with its own colours, patterns and personality.
It has been so lovely to see the enthusiasm and imagination our students bring to Mandarin each week. We are looking forward to more exciting learning adventures together!
Ms Cheng
Mandarin Teacher