Blackburn Primary School Weekly

L.O.T.E. - Mandarin

中文（zhōng wén)

你好 (nǐ hǎo), everyone! Welcome to Term 3 Mandarin.

 

Chinese Dance Club

Time: Every Wednesday lunchtime

Venue: Multipurpose Room (MPR)

 

Foundation

  • Recognise and properly pronounce eleven body parts including ‘head', 'hair', ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, ‘mouth’, ‘ears’, ‘hand’, ‘fingers’, ‘tummy’, ‘bottom’ and ‘feet’.
  • Song: My body
  • Activity: Origami 
  • Foundation students will sing 3-4 Chinese songs at school assembly this term. (TBA)

Grade 1 - The Race of Chinese Zodiac Animals 

  • Name 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals in the correct order including rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
  • Song: Two Tiger
  • Activity: Paper cutting

Grade 2 - Chinese Supermarket War (Money Game)

  • Understand the basic rules of naming the three-digit and four-digit numbers (0-9999) and read any number from 0-9999 in Mandarin. 
  • Recognise and use simple questions and sentences including ‘How much’, ‘Too expensive’, ‘A bit cheaper please’ and ‘What do you want’ to buy & sell products and bargain.

Grade 3 - My Restaurant Rules (Money Game)

  • Recognize and name 13 western foods and 12 Chinese foods.
  • Understand the basic rules of naming the three-digit and four-digit numbers (0-9999) and read any number from 0-9999 in Mandarin.
  • Recognise and properly use simple questions and sentences including ‘How much’, ‘Too expensive’, ‘A bit cheaper please’ and ‘What do you want’ to buy & sell products, bargain and bid in auctions. 

Grade 4 - Pump Up Sports (Money Game)

  • Recognize and name 11 ball sports and 9 Olympic sports.
  • Understand the basic rules of naming the three-digit and four-digit numbers (0-9999) and read any number from 0-9999 in Mandarin. 
  • Recognise and properly use simple questions and sentences including ‘How much’, ‘Too expensive’, ‘A bit cheaper please’ and ‘What do you want’ to buy & sell products, bargain and bid in auctions. 

Grade 5 - Around the World (Money Game)

  • Recognize and name 21 countries.
  • Understand the basic rules of naming the three-digit and four-digit numbers (0-9999) and read any number from 0-9999 in Mandarin. 
  • Recognise and properly use simple questions and sentences including ‘How much’, ‘Too expensive’, ‘A bit cheaper please’ and ‘What do you want’ to buy & sell products, bargain and bid in auctions. 

Grade 6 - School Tycoon (Money game)

  • 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 8 school subjects.
  • Ask ‘Yes or No’ questions and questions about ‘WHO’ and ‘WHERE’ in sentences.
  • Understand the basic rules of naming the three-digit and four-digit numbers (0-9999) and read any number from 0-9999 in Mandarin. 
  • Activity: Panda Quiz (Scavenger hunt) 

 

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

Blackburn Primary School 

 

"Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom." - Roger Bacon