Mandarin Lessons @ Mission Grove Primary School IOE Confucius - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mandarin Lessons @ Mission Grove Primary School IOE Confucius - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mandarin Lessons @ Mission Grove Primary School IOE Confucius Institute Primary Network Launch Event Qianyun Wang 3 December 2013 Introduction of myself & my school How it all started My work at MG Primary Mandarin
Introduction of myself & my
school
How it all started My work at MG Primary Mandarin in Need
Qian, Quan, Chen?
Beijing, China 10 years in the UK MBA and BA from Portsmouth University Certificate of Teaching Chinese as a
Foreign Language (CTCFL) from SOAS
Previously worked in companies and an
international organisation in Beijing and London
Mission Grove Primary School
Head teacher Miss Kate Jennings State school in Walthamstow, East
London
Multicultural and diverse area Expanding to forth form school
How it all started?
Linked with Daliang Experimental
Primary School in Guangdong via British Council.
Mandarin Lessons @ Mission Grove
Started teaching from Jan 2011 Reception - Year 6 17 classes, around 30 children per class 4 days a week, 30-45 minutes per
session
Four skills: speaking, listening, reading
and writing
Mandarin Lessons @ Mission Grove
Reception, KSG-1: Songs, rhymes and stories on
Chinese culture.
KSG-2: Writing, grammar, conversations and
topics on Chinese culture.
Cross Curricular: Numeracy, History, Geography,
Science, Healthy Eating, Arts and Crafts, P.E.
Chinese New Year @ MG
Year 3: Chinese New Year Assembly
(class teachers), Topic works, Visiting China Town, Making dumplings and Chinese calligraphy.
Assembly
Chinese Calligraphy
Making Dumplings
Visit China Town
Displays
KSG-1 Carousel: Making “Hongbao”
(red packet) using HSBC commercial video.
Chinese zodiac animal colouring
Chinese New Year @ MG
Red Packet / Envelope
Zodiac Animal Colouring
Teaching Material
Reception, KSG-1: Sing with Better Chinese,
My First Chinese Word, Cultural Cubs DVDs.
KSG-2: Chinese Made Easy for Kids (with
exercises book), Exploring Chinese Culture DVD.
Self-made material: combined resources,
make own flashcards, projects and games.
Beyond Lessons
Chinese language & Culture Cross Curricular School Fundraising
Beyond Lessons (Example)
Beijing Opera Arts & Craft Christmas Fayre
Funds for resources
Useful events and resources
Annual Chinese Teachers’ Conference
- rganised by IoE.
The Language Show BBC Primary Mandarin http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguag
es/mandarin/
CME Books Europe
http://www.cme4europe.co.uk/
More teaching resources Curriculum (more structured teaching) Assessment of learning Networking
Contact
Mission Grove Primary Mandarin Blog
http://missiongroveprimarychinese.wo rdpress.com/
qian@missiongrove.org.uk