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In Term Two, Foundation to Year Two students practised good manners and simple classroom expressions in Mandarin. They chanted in Chinese numbers and sang Chinese nursery songs including ‘Ten Little Friends’, ‘Two Tigers’ and ‘Little White Rabbit’. They also learnt a Mandarin gesture song ‘Listen to Me, Thank You’.

Year 5 and 6 students used Chinese words and phrases including 会(huì) – can do/ know, 不会 (bú huì) – can’t do/ don’t know,  会不会(huì bú huì) – Can?, 我会 (wǒ huì) – I can/know, 我不会 (wǒ bú huì) –I can’t/ don’t know, etc. to make their Mandarin conversation with a partner. They learnt school and classroom items and practised classroom instructions in Chinese.