L.O.T.E. - Mandarin
中文(zhōng wén)
你好 (nǐ hǎo), everyone! Welcome to Term 4 Mandarin.
Extracurricular 1 - Chinese Dance Club
Time: Every Friday lunchtime
Venue: Multipurpose
Extracurricular 2 - Chinese Extension Group (Year 5 & 6)
Time: Every Monday lunchtime
Venue: Chinese room
Foundation
- Recognize and properly pronounce eight family members including ‘Dad’, ‘Mum’, ‘Grandpa’, ‘Grandma’, ‘older brother’, ‘older sister’, ‘younger brother’ and ‘younger sister’.
- Song: My body
- Activity: Create a family poster
Grade 1
- Continue learning how to name 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals in the correct order including rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
- Recognize and properly pronounce ‘likes & dislikes’.
- Construct sentences to express like & dislike by using a simple sentence pattern ‘I like/do not like…’ in Mandarin.
- Song: Two Tiger
- Activity: Paper cutting
Grade 2
- Continue with Chinese Supermarket War (Money game).
- Recognize and properly pronounce ‘big & small’ and ‘have & don’t have’.
- Construct sentences to describe facial features by using a simple sentence pattern ‘I have/do not have…’ in Mandarin.
- Activity: Create a Chinese poster ‘Me’
Grade 3
- Continue with My Restaurant Rules (Money game)
- Recognize and name 13 western foods and 12 Chinese foods.
- Chinese Cultural Study: the Terracotta Warriors
Grade 4
- Continue with Pump Up (Money game)
- Recognize and name 11 ball sports and 9 Olympic sports.
- Chinese Cultural Study: the Terracotta Warriors
Grade 5
- Continue with Around the World (Money game)
- Recognize and name 21 countries.
- Chinese Cultural Study: the Giant Panda
- Activity: sewing project - a felt panda toy
Grade 6
- Recognize and name 9 school facilities: classroom, toilet, office, sick bay, staffroom, oval, parking lot, gym and library.
- Recognize and name 3 school staff roles and 7 school subjects.
- Ask ‘Yes or No’ questions and questions about ‘who’ and ‘where’ in sentences
- Chinese Cultural Study: the Giant Panda
- Activity 1: Panda Quiz (Scavenger hunt)
- Activity 2: School Tycoon (Money game)
- Activity 3: sewing project - a felt panda toy
If you have any questions regarding our Mandarin program at BPS, please do not hesitate to come and see me or email me on yi.zhang@education.vic.gov.au. Thank you for your support of the BPS Mandarin program.
Yi Zhang
LOTE Co-ordinator (Mandarin)
Blackburn Primary School – ‘Believe, Persevere, Succeed’