Mandarin Kids Club

Seeing as most of our students come from non-Mandarin speaking homes, we want to provide more time to use the language, in a natural, social manner. Because that’s one of the key ways that kids learn!

Mandarin Kids Club was started at the end of 2017 to be a time where we can hang out, play and provide fun activities encouraging your child’s Mandarin learning and chatting in a social space! Schoolyard games, food / cooking sessions, writing demos, pinyin, BYO toys & boardgames, and more! It’s a great opportunity for the children to familiarise and practice their Mandarin in a more enjoyable setting.

From 2018, we will not be running a standalone Mandarin Kids Club. It will instead be incorporated into all of the School Kids Years 1-8 classes.

Here is a sample of what we did in Term 4 last year, for a one-hour session on Saturday. We can’t fit so much into 70 minutes, but the playfulness behind Mandarin Kids Club will still be evident in the classes.

Date Mandarin Kids Club activity Entry Fee
Saturday 14 October Kids bring a board game day Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 21 October Tang yuan workshop Current enrolled class students $2 each

General public $5 each.

Saturday 28 October Five sandbags & Hawks Catch chicken (tag game) Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 4 November Bring your own toy day/role play game Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 11 November Rhyme action game & Musical vocab Chairs Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 18 November Making noodles day & learning Chinese character writing for noodles Current enrolled class students $2 each

General public $7 each.

Saturday 25 November Pictionary & Guess who Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 2 December Card games in Mandarin: Go fish & UNO Current enrolled class students FREE

General public $2 each.

Saturday 9 December Chinese paper cutting Current enrolled class students $2 each

General public $5 each.