British Council Scotland - School partnerships China

Pupils taking part in a traditional Peking mask painting class

China Activity Grants are designed to help schools (primary, secondary and SEN) and FE colleges across the UK to arrange events or activities that will help their students learn more about China or the Mandarin Chinese language.

China Competition for UK Schools students aged 5-11

The theme of the competition is Comparing Traditional Stories, Myths and Legends. It is open to UK primary schools and SEN schools with an existing partnership with a school in China.

MANDARIN CHINESE SPEAKING COMPETITION

This exciting competition is aimed at supporting and promoting the teaching of Chinese as a modern foreign language in UK schools.

Entries for the Mandarin Speaking Competition 2009 have now closed.

	Partnerships with China


	Linking Scotland and China

The Scotland China School Links Programme is funded by the Scottish Government. A pilot phase ran from April 2005 to March 2008 with a focus on the following aims:

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

Discussions are currently ongoing regarding the development of future school linking activities with China within the framework of A Curriculum for Excellence and the planned network of Confucius Classrooms across Scotland.

CHINESE LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS PROGRAMME

We can recruit language assistants for your school from China to promote the teaching of Chinese language and raise awareness of China and its culture.

Find out more about the benefits to your school and students, the costs and how to apply.

For more information please contact Eduardo Lees on +44 (0)131 524 5772 or email eduardo.lees@britishcouncil.org.

2010 LANGUAGE IMMERSION COURSE

The immersion course allows groups of students and teachers to take part in a two-week intensive course in China, enabling both linguistic and cultural immersion.

Information about the 2010 course will be posted on this site when it is available.

If you would like to register your interest in future courses or for more information on Confucius Classrooms in Scotland please contact Aileen Spence at Learning and Teaching Scotland – a.spence@LTScotland.org.uk

2009 LANGUAGE IMMERSION COURSE

Participants on the 2009 Chinese language immersion course in Beijing were drawn from the 14 Local Authorities involved in the 8 Confucius Classroom Hubs, in order to further promote the Confucius Classroom Hub initiative.