Years 1 - 6
In our Chinese lessons, the focus is on teaching four core skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students are engaged in a variety of activities which facilitate learning. These include interactive games, singing Chinese songs, role play and viewing topic related media. All activities are incorporated into our Chinese curriculum to enable the learning of Chinese language skills as well as Chinese culture.
Chinese Units of Work
Years 1 and 2 classes focus on self-introduction and counting numbers in Chinese.
Year 3 classes describe their bedroom to their classmates in Chinese.
Year 4 classes perform a role play. "Three Little Pigs", in Chinese.
Year 5 classes create a hero they admire and describe their hero in Chinese.
Year 6 children perform the famous Chinese novel "Journey to the West" in Chinese.
Cultural Awareness and Excursion
Years 1 and 2 students celebrate Chinese New Year by dressing up in Chinese traditional clothes.
Years 3 and 4 students celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival by watching Dragon Boat racing clips.
Year 5 students celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival by tasting moon cakes and Chinese green tea.
Year 6 students visit the Chun-tian temple and have lunch at a Chinese restaurant.
Prep Students - Understanding Asia
In line with the Australian Curriculum, Prep classes are beginning to learn about Australia's Engagement with Asia. The students have previously learned about China, Japan and Korea and are now finding out about countries in South East Asia. They have learned about Thailand and about some festivals, including the Candle Festival and the Rocket Festival. Students made rockets, learned about animals native to Thailand and listened to the numbers 1 - 10 in Thai.
Prep students are currently learning about Vietnam, with an emphasis on food and clothing, special places and learning a greeting in Vietnamese.
Students are discovering where all of these countries are in relation to Australia. They are sharing personal stories, and experiences with food and culture.