CURRICULUM
Our school curriculum is organised around a set of 11 textbooks and worksheets from the UK Federation of Chinese Schools that are based on the GCSE Chinese language syllabus. Supplementary materials will also be used to ensure effective language teaching.
Our school’s main objective is to instill our pupils the traditional Chinese language and culture. We hope that they will complete the whole curriculum and enter the GCSE Chinese Exam and achieve good results. GCSE 2009 summer results Here.
SUGGESTED COURSE
Reception – Year 2
Teach single words, phrases and simple sentences.
Year 3 – Year 5
Introduce exercises and worksheets to help pupils learn to make simple sentences and translate simple phrases and sentences.
Year 6 – Year 8
Ensure pupils have opportunities to write short essays and letters, reading newspapers and other relevant materials.
Year 9
Reinforce writing, reading, listening and speaking skills, preparing pupils for GCSE.
GCSE class
Focus on examination syllabus and help pupils to practise their skills using previous exam papers.
NEW Specification for G.C.S.E. for first teaching from 2010. Please Click HERE.
A Level Chinese also available from September 2010.
SCHOOL TERMS & LESSON TIME
Our school terms and holidays are based on Sheffield main stream secondary schools academic year, which consists of about 35 weeks in a school year. The timetable for 2009/10 is available here.
During term time, Mandarin Classes start at 11:30 and finish at 13:30. Cantonese classes start at 14:00 and finish at 16:00 every Sunday, with a 20 minutes break. Pre-school activities, however, takes place from 13:00 to 14:00. Please see our Activities section for more information about these activities.