Mandarin Monthly Update #9
1F – Students in 1F have been inquiring into traditions and celebrations of cultural events such as Mother’s Day, the Dragon Boat festival and Father’s Day. They have been making cards, listening to stories and singing songs in Mandarin.
Y2 – Students in Year Two will be able to understand that birthday celebrations can take place in many different forms depending on one’s cultural beliefs and values. They will also be learning 买东西，加横歌，我会做的事，和绕口令等课文。
Y3 – Students in Year Three will have opportunities to discuss that people have different roles and responsibilities within the communities they belong to. They will be learning 自己来，不分你和我，是你们啊 等等。
Y4 – Poetry will be the text type for our next unit. We will focus on poems from the Tang Dynasty: 春晓，悯农，山行，绝句。 Students will understand the main features of these poems and try to create one by themselves.
Y5 – Students in Year Five will understand why it is important to use dictionaries to build vocabulary in Chinese. Explicit dictionary skills will be taught and practised during Mandarin lessons. They will also learn 圈圈圈，去书店，和书一起飞等课文。
Y6 – Students in Year Six have worked very hard to produce pieces of work in Mandarin for their Exhibition. Well done! They will now move on to the next unit – The Giant Panda 大熊猫.
1W we have completed our “family” unit and started to learn about “Drinks”. At the end of the unit, children should be able to talk about whether they like to drink water, orange juice, milk, etc..
Yr2. We have been doing lots of activities about stroke order and how to reorganize 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 8 小猫钓鱼 and we are preparing a role play of 谁最不专心. 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.
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
- Home Learning is usually given out in the first or second lesson of the week and due a week later. It is the responsibility of students to bring their diary to Mandarin lessons and enter home learning details into their diaries during an allocated time.
- 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, preparing for dictations 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
