L.O.T.E. - Mandarin
中文（zhōng wén)
你好 (nǐ hǎo), everyone! Welcome to Term 2 Mandarin.
We had an amazing time last term. Here are some highlights of our Term 1 Mandarin:
Chinese Day 2024
Wednesday 27th March was the Chinese Day at Blackburn Primary School. It was a wonderful day of fun, learning and celebration of the Chinese culture. Thank you to the teachers and parent helpers for their organization. Thank you to the students for their enthusiasm, cooperation and keen participation on the day. We are already looking forward to Chinese Day 2025!
Chinese New Year Poster Competition 2024 - The Year of The Dragon
There are 65 students participated in this competition. 谢谢 (xiè xiè) to all the participants for your effort and participation. 谢谢 (xiè xiè) to all the teachers for voting. The winners of 2024 Chinese New Year Poster Competition are:
First place - Melanie
Second place - Kiara
Third place - Avni
Congratulations to the winners!
Term 2 Mandarin Program:
Foundation
- Recognise and properly pronounce numbers 0-10 with Chinese hand gestures.
- Recognise and write 1 to 10 in Chinese Characters.
- Song 1: My Name is...
- Song 2: Numbers
Grade 1
- Read the two-digit numbers (0-99) in Mandarin
- Participate in the activity 'Number Dragon'(0-99)
Grade 2
- Read the three-digit numbers (0-999) in Mandarin
- Read the four-digit numbers (1000-9999) in Mandarin
- Participate in Chinese Number Rainbow Challenge (0-9999)
Grade 3
- Recognise and name 12 Chinese foods including fried rice, fried noodle, dumplings, plain rice, spring rolls, roast duck, yum cha, hot pot, tea, soy milk, moon cake and sticky rice balls.
- Construct sentences from new vocabulary about foods: ‘I want/don’t want to eat/drink…’ and ‘I like/dislike to eat/drink…’
- Create a Chinese menu.
Grade 4
- Recognise and name 9 Olympic sports including diving, long jump, jogging, swimming, weight lifting, gymnastics, shooting, archery and martial art.
- Construct sentences from the new vocabularies about sports: ‘I can/can’t play…’, ‘I like/dislike to play…’ and ‘I want/don’t want to play…’
- Create a ‘Sports’ poster.
Grade 5
- Recognise and name 21 countries including China, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, Russia, Vietnam, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt and South Africa.
- Construct sentences from the new vocabularies about countries: ‘I am… (Nationality)’, ‘I want/don’t want to go to…’ and ‘I like/dislike to go to…’
- Label 21 countries on a world map in Chinese Characters
- Produce a poster of a selected country and provide many aspects of the selected country including population, land size, capital city, landmarks, the official language, traditional food, fun facts, cultural taboos and greeting words.
- Give a 3-5 minutes oral presentation or create a 3-minute short video to showcase the countries they have researched.
Grade 6
- Recognise and name 3 school staff roles: Principal, Teacher and Student
- Recognize and name 8 school subjects: Mandarin, English, Art, Music, PE, The Patch, Science and Maths
- Recognise and name 9 school facilities: classroom, toilet, office, sick bay, staffroom, oval, parking lot, gym and library
- Ask ‘Yes or No’ questions
- Ask ‘Who’ questions
- Construct sentences from the new vocabularies such as ‘She likes her PE teacher.', ‘Who is my Principal?’ and ‘Does my school have a library?’
- Complete School Life worksheets.
- Participate in Panda Quiz (every Wednesday recess)
Extracurricular - Chinese Dance Club
Time: Every Wednesday lunchtime
Venue: Multipurpose
Our Chinese Dance Group will perform at our BPS Open Night (Wednesday, 15th May 2024) . We will perform Chinese Kong Fu dance and sing two Mandarin songs.
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