Mandarin Monthly Update #7
Y1 – We have started our Mandarin standalone unit “Sharing the Planet” in Mandarin lessons. The central idea is “Plants and animals depend on each other for survival in the environment”. Students are beginning to understand that the choices we make affect living things. They have been learning related words and phrases such as 猫，狗，兔，鱼，水, etc.
Y2 – Students in Year Two have started to learn 小学生。 They have been reading and writing the following Chinese characters 学生，我，是，爱，老师，同， 文 和校。Students will also learn how to use these words and phrases in sentences, e.g., 我是小学生。 我爱中文学校。
Y3 – Students in Year Three will start to learn the different places in school in 我的学校。At the end of this unit, they should be able to name these places and talk about the activities that usually take place there, e.g., 我要去图书馆借书。
Y4 – Students in Year Four have had lots of fun describing the communities that they are living in during oral and written activities in Mandarin lessons. They will now focus on expanding their vocabulary by developing strategies that help themselves find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Y5 – Students in Year Five have done fantastic work in the Big Business Mandarin link extending their knowledge of Mandarin in advertising posters, slogans, drama scripts and business plans. Their next unit will be “Poems from the Tang Dynasty”.
Y6 – Students in Year Six have worked hard to complete the ESF Y6/Y7 Chinese Benchmark Test. They will now start the Exhibition link in Mandarin lessons. They will be working in groups focusing on topics that they are interested in.
Y1 – We have started our Mandarin standalone unit “Sharing the Planet” in Mandarin lessons. The central idea is “Plants and animals depend on each other for survival in the environment”. Students are beginning to understand that the choices we make affect living things. They have been learning related words and phrases such as 猫，狗，兔，鱼，水, etc.
Y2- We have finished about Body Parts unit. Children should be able to describe the person with 高，矮，胖， 瘦。Now we have been busy learning about the customs and traditions of the Chinese New Year. They have had opportunities to listen to stories and learn songs that are related to CNY.
Y3- We are working on “All About Me”. Children should be able to express orally a greeting, their last name, first name, age and family.
Y4- We are learning about our extended family in this topic.
Y5- We are on chapter 21 借生日and also preparing the role play 袋鼠的小口袋。
Y6- Students in Year Six have worked hard to complete the ESF Y6/Y7 Chinese Benchmark Test. They will now start the Exhibition link in Mandarin lessons. They will be working in groups focusing on topics that they are interested in.
Y1 – We have started our Mandarin standalone unit “Sharing the Planet” in Mandarin lessons. The central idea is “Plants and animals depend on each other for survival in the environment”. Students are beginning to understand that the choices we make affect living things. They have been learning related words and phrases such as 猫，狗，兔，鱼，水, etc.
Y2- We have been learning about sports activities and physical exercises. Students should be able to recognise vocabulary like 跑／跳／走 etc. We have also shared the story “the race between the hare and the tortoise” in Mandarin.
Y3- Students have learned the texts of “放假了“， ”我们绝不开门“. We have also shared some other Chinese stories.The students have chances to do role plays as well as tell stories in Mandarin in class.
Y4- Students have reviewed 唐诗：“静夜思”， “登鹳雀楼” and had chances to practise Chinese brush writing. They have also learned the text of “鲁班与锯子“。We have been practising paragraph writing with given vocabulary.
Y5- Students have been learning about the topic of “school subjects”. They should be able to recognise vocabulary like 历史，汉语，图书馆，etc. They should also be able to talk about most of the subjects they have at BHS, including UOI in Mandarin.
Y6- Students in Year Six have worked hard to complete the ESF Y6/Y7 Chinese Benchmark Test. They will now start the Exhibition link in Mandarin lessons. They will be working in groups focusing on topics that they are interested in.
Getting organised for Mandarin lessons
If your child has been given a Mandarin folder (including textbooks, activity books and exercise books), she/he needs to bring it to every Mandarin lesson.
Home Learning
- All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
- Home learning is now given out in the year group weekly update under the heading Home Learning. It is the responsibility of the students to check the weekly update and make sure that they finish their home learning before the due date.
- The amount of home learning varies from class to class. It usually includes reading aloud, copying Chinese characters, writing sentences, reading storybooks, writing book reports etc. Some classes will have weekly written tasks while other classes may be given oral practice only.
- Please let your teacher know if you have trouble completing your home learning on time.
Taking Care of Books
The replacement costs for books lost are as follows:
- Chinese Made Easy textbook $250 each
- Chinese Made Easy activity book $150 each
- 小学华文 $100 each
- 中文 $100 each
- Other Chinese books $ 75 each
- Mandarin folders $25 each
