Mandarin

大家好！ 

It’s been great seeing how our students have grown as Mandarin learners this term as we have been ending our linked classroom work. Pan Lao Shi and Wang Lao Shi have loved seeing students develop their vocabulary and become confident with their language skills. 

Students in Foundation have continued being thinkers and inquirers when exploring new words in their word study and their ‘Senses help us explore the world’ central idea.

Students in Year One have continued exploring new words in their word study and their new central idea ‘Weather affects our choices and actions’. Students have been communicating their knowledge of days of the week and months by using Chinese numbers 1-10, as well as weather and how yesterday, today and tomorrow are linked using Chinese characters.

Students in Year Two have continued exploring new words in their word study and their new central idea ‘Water is a finite resource shared by global communities’. This week, students will use their knowledge of water and rice to try and grow rice from grains. 

Students in Year Three have continued learning new words in their word study and practising their typing skills in Chinese using Pinyin. Students have continued  exploring their new central idea ‘Natural forces and human activity change the Earth’s physical features’, practising their open mindedness through the Chinese art form of Shan Shui Hua. 

Students in Year Four have continued learning new words in their word study and practising their typing skills in Chinese using Pinyin. Students have continued exploring their new central idea ‘Exploration has impacted indigenous culture’, looking at the Chinese language and how it is built up through different word components (characters 汉字, pinyin 拼音). Students have learned the difference between traditional characters, simplified characters and five different Chinese dialects.

Students in Year Five have continued learning new words in their word study and practising their typing skills in Chinese using Pinyin. Students have continued learning about country names, the formula to make nationalities from Chinese words and also explored different festivals celebrated in different countries. 

Students in Year Six have continued exploring new words in their word study and practising their typing skills in Chinese using Pinyin. Students have continued to explore their new central idea ‘Consumerism is an expression of self and our demographic’, where they have created a mock trip to China. 

This week all students have been introduced to the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节, one of China's biggest festivals). Students have inquired into traditions and have created posters to promote this big festival that is being celebrated next Monday June 10th. 

谢谢

王老师 和 潘老师

Morgan King (Wang Lao Shi) and Pamela Pan (Pan Lao Shi)

Mandarin Teachers