Mandarin Monthly Update #10

1F – Students in 1F have been learning about how friends are made and kept. We have been sharing stories in Mandarin about developing healthy friendships.

Y2 – Students in Year Two have been learning how to make balanced choices about daily routines.

Y3 – Students in Year Three have been busy role-playing stories that are related to “家里这么干净啊”。 They have also learnt to sing a song in Mandarin – 不分你和我。

Y4 – Students in Year Four have been learning stories of famous people in history. They will understand the concept of role models and how personal strengths can be applied to help others.

Y5 – Students in Year Five have had opportunities to practise their dictionary skills using Chinese radicals during Mandarin lessons.

Y6 – Students in Year Six have extended their knowledge of the Giant Panda while learning useful sentences and phrases that are related to this topic.

1W  have completed our “family” unit and started to learn about “Fruit “.  At the end of the unit, children should be able to talk about what fruits they like to eat

Yr2.  We have been doing lots of activities about stroke order and how to reorganise sentences with given vocabulary and reading aloud in Mandarin sessions.

Yr3. We have completed our “Body Parts”. Now we are learning “Pets”.

Yr4. We are learning chapter 12 我的好朋友 and we are preparing a role play of 小狗请客.   We have also been practising our skills in reading aloud with accuracy and fluency.

Yr5  We are working on the new topic “Weather” after we finished “Sports” .  We are practising how to write the Weather report with the phrases we have learnt in Chinese.

Yr6. We have started our Mandarin UOI Chinese opera.  They will design their own masks based on what they have learned about opera.

1L: Students have been learning about festivals of Mother’s Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Father’s day and also Birthday in Mandarin through songs, stories, role play and some arts and craft.

Year 2:  Students have been learning about dates in Mandarin.  They have been learning about festivals of Mother’s Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Father’s day as well as Birthday in Mandarin through songs, stories, role play and some arts and craft.

Year 3:  We have finished learning “中文2”。 We have been doing general revision including oral practice, vocabulary recognition and writing.

Year 4:  After learning about Classroom Mandarin, students should be able to understand more Mandarin instruction in class. They should also be able to recognise the vocabulary of “请， 进，坐，别，说， 听，读“ etc. We are now in the unit of asking and telling time in Mandarin.

Year 5:   We have learned the texts of”曹冲称象“，”小于连的故事“，”普林斯顿的老人“ and ”牛顿请客“。Students also try to practise their composition writing.

Year 6:    Students in Year Six have worked hard to produce pieces of work in Mandarin for their Exhibition. Well done! They will now move on to the unit of Beijing Opera.