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Do you want to visit a school or area in China to establish a new partnership and plan joint curriculum activity?

The next application deadline for DCSF School Linking Visit funding is May 1st 2009
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Partnerships with China

Supported by the HSBC Global Education Trust and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Our China programme offers a variety of different funding opportunities to help schools in England develop both partnerships with Chinese schools and the teaching of Chinese within their own school.

The programme aims to establish sustainable links that will impact on the development of the schools and colleges involved; to enrich the curriculum and support language awareness and learning; and to provide professional development opportunities for staff

Developing an area link
Are you a local authority, region or cluster of schools looking to develop a district link with China? We can provide support and funding for visits to embed partnerships in your schools and the wider community Find out more.
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School Linking Visits
Are you a school looking to develop an existing link? We can provide funding to visit your partner school. Find out more
Joint Curriculum Projects
Do you have an idea for an innovative project that you would like to run collaboratively with a partner school in China? We can provide support and funding. Find out more  
'Learn Chinese in China' courses

Interested in developing your Chinese language skills? We can send you on a three-week intensive language course in China enabling both linguistic and cultural immersion. Find out more
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Mandarin CHINESE SPEAKING COMPETITION

Are you learning Chinese?  Do you want to visit China and put those skills into practice? Win a trip to China with the British Council/HSBC Global Education Programme Chinese Speaking Competition for schools in Britain. Find out more
CHINESE LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS PROGRAMME

We can recruit language assistants for your school from China. Find out more about the costs, how to apply and the benefits to your school and students.
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china competition for primary students

This competition, supported by CHINA NOW and HSBC, offered UK primary schools the opportunity to win £5,000 to support their existing partnership with China. This year’s winning entries can be viewed here.
CHINESE for gcse textbook
Download the application form for the 'Chinese for GCSE' textbook (pdf 1 MB) developed by the British Council, Han Ban (National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Beijing), Edexcel and the QCA.
See examples of good practice in school partnerships
Find a partner school in China
Employ a chinese language assistant in your school
GET RECOGNITION FOR YOUR SCHOOL'S INTERNATIONAL WORK
Find teaching resources
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