Ni Hao Children's Community
An independent language school and education programme providing Non-Mandarin Chinese speaking families the chance for their children to learn Mandarin Chinese through social interaction and experiences.
Ni Hao Children's Community language school and classes
A chance for your child to learn Mandarin Chinese through social interaction and fun experiences
Language = communication and social interaction. Let your children learn Mandarin Chinese in this way!
Ni Hao Children’s Community is an independent language school and education programme providing Non-Mandarin Chinese speaking families the chance for their children to learn Mandarin Chinese through social interaction and experiences.
Why? Mandarin Chinese is often taught in a strict, academic way – and as parents, we know this won’t necessarily support or encourage our children to learn the language, whilst growing up in a Non-Mandarin speaking family in a predominantly English-speaking country.
Our school provides your child the opportunity to discover Mandarin Chinese as a Foreign Conversational Language with their peers or family. Your child will learn in a way that is meaningful and relevant to them, with social interaction, conversation, games, song and movement in Mandarin. Learning takes place in a full immersion group class environment. We do not use crafts and colouring in activities in class time as these do not develop conversational language skills.
We acknowledge and appreciate the huge diversity of the Chinese language, culture and people around the world. Our school supports a wider Global view, not a mainland-China only focus.
Our school welcomes families from any Non-Mandarin Chinese speaking background and have various native languages in our community, including English, Te Reo Māori, French, Spanish, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Romanian, Cantonese and Tagalog.
We have queries from around New Zealand, but at this stage, the school operates only on Saturdays, at the Lifepoint Church venue in Mt Cook, Wellington.
Your child’s learning journey with us
How to enrol with us
Supporting Mandarin learning in a non-Mandarin home
It's important to support your child's learning at home, so visit our YouTube Channel for class revision and more Mandarin!
