28 Sep 2018

Mandarin Monthly Update #2

Year 1 – Students in Year One have been learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as 你好(hello) 早上好（good morning) and 再见 (bye). They have also started to learn numbers 1-10 in Mandarin. At the end of this unit, students should be able to sing a number song and recognise most of the number characters in Chinese.

Year 2 – Students in Year Two have learnt children’s rhymes “数数手指头“，”大小月“ 和 ”猜谜语“。They will be learning basic sight words such as 又两水中不见日月山石田火土木禾。Please encourage them to practise writing these words at home.

Year 3 – Students in Year Three have continued with the unit of Pinyin. They are encouraged to practise the pinyin initials and finals at home when they have time.

Year 4 – Students in Year Four have been learning various activities and subjects in school in Mandarin. They have also learnt how to type Mandarin characters using Pinyin. All students have been able to apply their newly acquired skills creating a timetable in Mandarin in Google Classroom.

Year 5 – Students in Year Five have completed the unit “My birthday”. Their next unit will be “Pets and Animals”. At the end of this unit, they should be able to have a short conversation about pets and animals and be able to read and write a few sentences within this topic independently.

Year 6 – Students in Year Six have completed the unit “Physical Descriptions of People” and are now moving on to the unit “Clothing”.

Y1 – Students in Year One have had an excellent start of the Mandarin lessons. They have spent some time learning about the routines in the Mandarin classrooms. As part of the Mandarin link to the Year One unit of inquiry “Who We Are”, students are getting to know each other and learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as “你好 Hello” and “再见 bye”. They will also learn to introduce themselves using sentences “我叫… My name is…” and “我五岁 I am five years old”.

Y2 – The topics we are working on are ” Self introducton” and “Greetings”.

Y3- We are learning Pin Yin and rhymes 我的布娃娃。

Y4- We are working on our first topic 我的家。We emphasize the layout of our living space. Students will be able to describe a house with Chinese words such as: 卧室，浴室，客厅，书房 etc..

Y5- We started 中文4 chapter one 给爷爷的信。 We have practiced writing a letter to 于老师 in Chinese to familiarise students with how to compose a letter in a Chinese format.

Y6- We started 中文6 chapter one 在公园里。 Students have practiced writing a composition of their own experience about visiting the park.

Y1 – Students in Year One have been learning simple greetings in Mandarin such as 你好(hello) 早上好（good morning) 下午好（good afternoon）and 再见 (bye). They have been learning numbers 1-10 in Mandarin. At the end of this unit, students should be able to sing a number song and recognise number characters in Chinese.

Y2- Students in Year 2 have been learning about food as part of the link to their unit：“Who we are (The choices we make that affect our health)”. The student should be able to sing a food song in Mandarin. We have also learned about the culture of Mid Autumn Festival and practised shopping for moon cakes, lanterns and fruits in simple Mandarin.

Y3- Students in Year 3 continue with their learning and practising of Chinese Pinyin. We have also learned about the culture of Mid Autumn Festival and practised shopping for moon cakes, lanterns and fruits in Mandarin. They are encouraged to borrow and read Chinese books.

Y4- Students in Year 4 have learned the texts of “去书店”，“一和万”（中文2第二课）。We have also learned about the culture of Mid Autumn Festival and practised shopping for moon cakes, lanterns and fruits in Mandarin. They are encouraged to borrow and read Chinese books.

Y5- Students in Year 5 have learned the texts of “长大后“，”会飞的蚂蚁“（小学华文2A第4课）。We have also learned about the culture of Mid Autumn Festival and practised shopping for moon cakes, lanterns and fruits in Mandarin. They are encouraged to borrow and read Chinese books.

Y6- Students in Year 6 have reviewed the topics of 爱好. They have also learned the texts of “不生气的秘密”。They are encouraged to borrow and read Chinese books.

The Mid-Autumn Celebrations in BHS

A big thank-you goes to the PTA and the parent volunteers who helped to make this event successful!

Thank you for your support!

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: