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 王倩云 3 December 2013

 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

Chinese New Year @ MG  KSG- 1 Carousel: Making “Hongbao” (red packet) using HSBC commercial video.  Chinese zodiac animal colouring

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 Cross Chinese language Curricular & Culture School Fundraising

Beyond Lessons (Example) Arts & Craft Beijing Opera Funds for resources Christmas Fayre

Useful events and resources  Annual Chinese Teachers’ Conference organised 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