Specialist Centre
SPECIALIST FEATURE NEWS
你 好 (ni hao) Welcome to our Specialists’ corner! See below a summary of the Chinese learning progress in the first few weeks of Term 3:
Both Junior and Senior primary students continue making fantastic progress in their language learning endeavour. The key learning topic for these few weeks across all year levels is ‘Introduce oneself in Chinese.’ This creates opportunities for personal expression where students talk about themselves, making learning meaningful and memorable. Not only they learnt how to say the sentences but they also having fun to learn to use the basic strokes to write a range of Hanzi (Chinese writing) that are relevant to the topic.
Foundation students’ key sentence - "Hello everyone! I am Peter (name)."
Our Foundation students have been learning how to introduce themselves in Chinese by saying, "Hello everyone! I am Peter (name)." They also took on the exciting challenge of writing their very first Chinese characters (Hanzi). It was heartwarming to hear the classroom filled with joyful exclamations such as, "YayI did it!" and "It's not as hard as I thought!" after their first courageous attempt. Students were amazed by what they had achieved and beamed with pride as they realised they could complete the ‘daunting’ task independently. These wonderful moments of success are helping to build their confidence, resilience, and enthusiasm for learning Chinese, while laying a strong foundation for their future language-learning journey.
Grade 1 students’ key learning - Chinese folk song I Found a Good Friend
Grade 1 students have been learning key Chinese sentences through the Chinese folk song Found a Good Friend. It has been wonderful to hear so many students sharing how much they enjoy completing their Chinese worksheets and eagerly saying they can't wait to do the next one! Their enthusiasm and positive attitude towards learning are a joy to see.
Grade 2 students’ key learning - Numbers, self-introduction and Hanzi writing
Grade 2 students have been learning to translate numbers and confidently introduce themselves in Chinese by saying, "Hello everyone! I am Peter (name). I am eight years old." Like our Foundation and Grade 1 students, they have shown wonderful perseverance and dedication as they practised writing Chinese characters (Hanzi). It has been fantastic to see the care and effort they put into developing this new and challenging skill.
Grade 3 & 4 and Grade 5 & 6 students’ key learning - Self-introduction in Chinese
Students in Grades 3 and 4, Grade 5 and 6 have been learning to confidently introduce themselves in Chinese by saying: "Hello everyone. I am Peter (name). I am 10 years old. My birthday is (month) (day). I attend Mount Pleasant Road Primary School. Thank you, everyone!" While learning these key sentences, students have also been practising writing the corresponding Chinese characters (Hanzi), helping them strengthen both their speaking and writing skills. This integrated approach is building their confidence across speaking, listening and Hanzi writing skills.
Physical Education
3/4 A: Julia R
For showing great resilience and a positive attitude during our Athletics sessions in P.E. and being courageous in taking on the challenge of new events. Great job, Julia!
3/4 J: Delvin T
For displaying great resilience and persistence in trying a new skill whilst doing High Jump practise during our P.E. lessons. Awesome effort, Delvin!
Performing Arts
3/4A: Oscar V
For demonstrating excellent hand drumming skills. Great to see you develop your skills - well done, Oscar!
5/6T: Pil R
For demonstrating skilful strumming on the ukulele. Your skills are coming along really well Pil, keep up the hard work!
Visual Arts
5/6JS: Harriet L
For demonstrating creativity and care when completing your Fauvism Cow portrait. Amazing work!
3/4M: Maisie P
For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when starting your Keith Haring inspired pop art drawings.
Chinese
3/4 M Maisie
You always give 100% effort and complete every learning activity independently and cheerfully. Your tidy and beautifully presented workbook is a delight to see. Keep up the wonderful work!
3/4 G Sophie W
You always give 100% effort and complete every learning activity independently and cheerfully. Your tidy and beautifully presented workbook is a delight to see. Keep up the wonderful work!
Science
5/6R: Laura C
For your enthusiasm and curiosity while exploring how molecules behave in solids and liquids during our icy-pole experiment. Congratulations!
3/4A: Ashara B
For demonstrating a love of learning in Science this week during our unit on ‘Chemistry - Uses of Materials.’ Keep up the great work Ashara!
Monday 10th - Friday 14th August (Week 5) - NationalScience Week - Students will participate in different Science activities across the week
Wednesday 19th August (Week 6) - MPRPS House Athletics
Warm regards,
⚽ David - Physical Education
🎵 Kate - Performing Arts / Visual Art (Foundation)
🎨 Sam - Visual Art
🐼 Huang Laoshi - Mandarin
🔬 Steph and Suzie - Science