Chinese workshops at Cantrell Primary School: learning can be fun!

8/6/2018

On June 8, 240 Cantrell Primary School pupils immersed themselves in Chinese language and culture, with fun activities delivered by four NCI teachers. All KS2 students, aged 8 to 11, learnt how to count from 1 to 10 in Chinese and managed to sing the Chinese nursery rhyme “Where are my friends?” during the language half of the session. They also did origami during the culture session, where younger children had fun making and flipping paper frogs whilst the older ones enjoyed the more demanding task of making lanterns.

Feedback from pupils and school teachers was very positive. Many pupils said they loved counting in Chinese and that the nursery rhyme helped them to memorise the numbers. “The children clearly had lots of fun today… Year 5 loved the origami activity, they found it challenging but were very engaged!” commented one teacher.

Shortly after the event, a school representative thanked NCI for our teachers’ hard work and said that they would like us to run a Chinese New Year follow up session next year so that the pupils could get to know more about Chinese culture.

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诺丁汉孔子学院赴坎特雷尔小学举办工作坊活动

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       6月8日，英国诺丁汉孔子学院老师受邀赴Cantrell Primary School（坎特雷尔小学）开展了中国艺术工作坊活动。二年级到六年级10个班的学生学习了普通话及中文儿歌，还体验了折纸活动。

      在语言文化的部分，学生们对学习汉语展现了极大的热情，学习了用中文数数字一到十，并且还学会了中国儿歌《我的朋友在哪里》，汉语教学生动有趣，孩子们都非常专注和喜爱。

      除了语言文化体验课外，学生们还体验了折纸。在折纸老师的讲解和带领下，同学们纷纷完成了自己的折纸作品，有小巧玲珑的纸灯笼，也有可以蹦起来的可爱青蛙。一折一翻之间蕴含着中国人民的智慧巧思和娱乐精神，孩子们都惊叹折纸艺术的魅力，并且充满了成就感。

      此次工作坊开展十分顺利，富有童趣，通过让学生们体验中国传统艺术，学习汉语，增强了他们对中国的了解，也为他们打开了另一种美妙文化的大门。