Mandarin Monthly Update #1

Y1- Students in Year One have been busy getting to know each other and learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as 你好(hello) and 再见 (bye)。 They have also been practising how to introduce themselves using sentences 我叫… (My name is…)and 我五岁 (I am five years old). Many of the children were very confident speaking Mandarin sentences as they volunteered to speak in front of the whole class!

Y2 – Students in Year Two have been learning to name different parts of the body in Mandarin and they have had lots of fun playing the game “林老师 说“。

Y3 -Students in Year Three have started the unit of Pinyin. At the end of this unit, they should be able to read pinyin confidently by themselves.

Y4 -Students in Year Four have been learning to name different rooms and objects commonly found in a home. They have also been talking about different types of chores that they can do at home.

Y5 –  Students in Year Five have been busy writing a recount of their summer holiday. They will continue with the unit – Famous People in history shortly.

Y6 – Students in Year Six have been given a choice to write a recount of the summer holiday or to simply list the countries/activities/hobbies that they can remember. The next unit of study is Family.

Y1- Students in Year One have been busy getting to know each other and learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as 你好(hello) and 再见 (bye)。 They have also been practising how to introduce themselves using sentences 我叫… (My name is…)and 我五岁 (I am five years old). Many of the children were very confident speaking Mandarin sentences as they volunteered to speak in front of the whole class!

Y2-  Students in Year Two have been practising self introduction in Mandarin.  They should be able to answer the questions of “你叫什么名字？(what’s your name?)你几岁？(How old are you?)你家有谁？We are also exploring one Chinese story at every lesson.

Y3- We have started learning PinYin. Please use the web page below to help your child practising at home.https://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.htm

Y4- We have started new topic 水果和蔬菜。

Y5- We have started 2B 小学华文。 We are working on chapter one 小鸟和大树。  Please assist your child read the text without Pinyin at home.

Y6- The children have produced a lovely writing of holiday recount in Mandarin and it will be displayed on the board. We also have started 中文6. h

Y1- Students in Year One have been busy getting to know each other and learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as 你好(hello) and 再见 (bye)。 They have also been practising how to introduce themselves using sentences 我叫… (My name is…)and 我五岁 (I am five years old). Many of the children were very confident speaking Mandarin sentences as they volunteered to speak in front of the whole class!

Y2-  Students in Year Two have been practising self introduction in Mandarin.  They should be able to answer the questions of “你叫什么名字？(what’s your name?)你几岁？(How old are you?)你家有谁？(who do you have in your family?) in Mandarin.

Y3- Students in Year Three have started the unit of Pinyin. The students will learn and practise Pinyin through rhymes, poems and songs.

Y4-  Students in Year Four have been learning and practising the expressions related with 街道和交通，the first unit “红绿灯”，“交通歌” of 中文3.

Y5-   We have started the unit of food. The students will learn to tell a lot of food in Mandarin. They will also be able to introduce their 3 meals of a day in Mandarin. They practise vocabulary recognition as well as strokes of writing.

Y6-    Students in Year Six have started with their preparation for the upcoming benchmark test in March. We have covered the topics of “日期“ and all about ”我“。They will do a lot of reading and writing practice.