Mandarin Workshops

Thank you so much to Audrey Blake (Scottish Opera), Judith McKerrecher (SCILT Professional Development Officer) and to her colleagues from the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS) for providing such high quality language learning workshops for our P5 pupils on Monday 30th March. Judith began by sharing Scottish Opera's Warriors! ebook and it was wonderful to see how many lyrics and how much Mandarin pupils have already picked up. 

We were then treated to three fantastic language learning workshops:

Numbers 

Colours - Beijing opera masks

Calligraphy 

Families are in for a real treat on Wednesday 6th May when our P5s team up with our friends from Scottish Opera for 'Warriors!'

SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages 苏格兰国家语言中心

www.scilt.org.uk
Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS) 苏格兰中小学孔子学院

www.strath.ac.uk/ciss

Learning Mandarin using Scottish Opera's Warriors ebook

Calligraphy lessons

How to hold a calligraphy brush

Beautifully made brushes

Load with ink to form a point at the end of the brush

Chinese characters

Now it's as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4 - and the pupils all know these numbers in Mandarin

How Chinese characters have developed over time

A helping hand

Great concentration

Judith teaches colours using Beijing Opera masks

Judith kindly let all the children look at her model Terracotta Warriors and Masks

Can you say the colours, P5?

 

Catherine helped the children learn numbers in Mandarin

Pupils practised saying numbers and writing them

Thank you SCILT and Confucius Institute!

P5 Scottish Opera 2015

P5 Scottish Opera 2015: WARRIORS! THE EMPEROR’S INCREDIBLE ARMY

Scottish Opera will again work with all three P5 classes this year to stage a costumed production entitled "WARRIORS! THE EMPEROR’S INCREDIBLE ARMY". We are always amazed, as we are sure you will be, at the incredible production our friends from Scottish Opera manage to create in just one day.

Lyrics have been published on the tabs at the top of the P5 Class Page to help pupils become word perfect by 27th April, when they will receive an Advance Workshop to help them prepare for the big day.

The performance to families will take place on Wednesday 6th May when two adults per child will be invited to the Hall between 2.15pm and 2.45pm. Siblings will be invited to a dress rehearsal earlier in the day. Additionally, the children will receive a Chinese Language workshop on Monday 30^th March, provided by the Confucius Institute.

5A and 2A Buddy Up for Loose Parts Outdoor Learning

Joyful scenes in the playground this week during 'Loose Parts' Outdoor Learning with Louise Caldwell, City of Edinburgh Play Development Officer and Kerry from Playbox, giving our children the opportunity to express themselves through self-directed play. Ms Christie timetabled sessions for buddy classes and more photographs can be found on the Class Pages.

The idea behind 'Loose Parts' Outdoor Learning is to provide play opportunities using recycled materials or 'loose parts' (e.g., tyres, garden canes, tarpaulin, traffic cones).Wonderful to see the children co-operating so well to construct together with imagination soaring!

It was P5A and P2A's turn today!