Term 2 Week 5 (Wednesday) 我喜欢弹钢琴, 我天天都弹钢琴 Wǒ xǐhuān dàn gāngqín, wǒ tiāntiān doū dàn gāngqín

Today we learnt a sentence pattern on repetition, such as 我喜欢弹钢琴, 我天天都弹钢琴. In this example, 弹钢琴 (dàn gāngqín) play piano is the activity that I like, and I play it everyday. The same sentence could be applied to another activity, 我喜欢打网球, 我天天都打网球 (Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ wǎngqiú, wǒ tiāntiān doū dǎ wǎngqiú) I like playing tennis, I play tennis everyday! 

We also learn a new word 会 Huì (Can) and 不会 Bùhuì (Cannot). Some examples are:

我会弹钢琴 Wǒ huì dàn gāngqín (I can play piano)

我不会弹钢琴 Wǒ bù huì dàn gāngqín (I cannot play the piano)

你会弹钢琴吗? Nǐ huì dàn gāngqín ma（Do you play the piano?) In this case, This has turned into a question by adding 吗 at the end. 

You can practice the sentences here.

Week 5 (Saturday) Introduction

This week we've gone back to basic as we find out more about our classmates. We introduce ourselves with the following sentences patterns:

你好， 我的名字叫———Nǐ hǎo, wǒ de míngzì jiào Hello, my name is ______

我今年六岁 wǒ jīnnián—suì I'm six year old.

我的家有四个人 wǒ de jiā yǒu sì gè rén。 There are four person in my family

We also learn to ask question to the above answers:

你叫什么名字？Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? What's your name?

你今年几岁？Nǐ jīnnián jǐ suì? How old are you?

你的家有几个人？Nǐ de jiā yǒu jǐ gèrén? How many people are there in your family?

Term 2 Week 6 (Wednesday) 下课后,你做什么？ Xiàkè hòu, nǐ zuò shénme? What do you do after class?

This week the students were asked to draft out their weekly schedule, some of them were very busy indeed. The main sentence focus this week is 下课后,你做什么？(Xiàkè hòu, nǐ zuò shénme?) What do you do after class? We also had a chance to review our days of the week - 星期一，星期二， 星期三， 星期四， 星期五 (Xīngqí yī, xīngqí'èr, xīngqísān, xīngqísì, xīngqíwǔ（Monday to Friday)

After a group discussion among themselves, this is what they come out with:

弹钢琴 play piano
打排球, play volleyball
游泳，swimming
踢足球，soccer
回家休息，go home and rest
学跆拳道，taekwondo
学空手道, karate
芭蕾舞蹈 ballet

I'm happy to say that there were very creative in their plans with some beautiful illustrations!

Term 2 Week 4 (Saturday) 我有电脑 Wǒ yǒu diànnǎo - I have a computer

What a wet Saturday it was. Glad to see all the students in class today despite the gloomy wet weather!

This week as focus on a few simple tasks on what we have either at school or at home. Here are the sentences we practice:

我有一台电脑 (Wǒ yǒuyī tái diànnǎo) I have a computer

你有电脑吗？ (Nǐ yǒu diànnǎo ma?) Do you have a computer?

我没有电脑 (Wǒ méiyǒu diànnǎo) I don't have a computer

We practiced these sentences with the words we learnt previously. You can have a revision HERE.

We also learnt paper cutting art 剪纸艺 (Jiǎnzhǐ yì) today. We planned and cut out the character double happiness.

Term 2 Week 4 (Wednesday) “送了......给......" (“Sòngle...... Gěi......") Give...to

Welcome to week 4. Today we focus on more sentences. Some key words we learnt today are:

送 / 送了 (Sòng / Sòngle) Give

给 (Gěi) To

Our sentences are:

(Person) 送了 (object) 给 (gift receiver). For example 姐姐送了一个书包给我 (Jiějiě sòngle yīgè shūbāo gěi wǒ) My sister give me a bag. In this example, the person is 姐姐 (sister), the gift is 一个书包 (a school bag) and the gift receiver is 我 (me)

• 哥哥送了巧克力给我 (Gēgē sòngle qiǎokèlì gěi wǒ) my brother give me some chocolate
• 妈妈送了新外套给爸爸 (Māmā sòngle xīn wàitào gěi bàba) Mom give dad a new jacket.

We also learn the alternative sentence pattern which carries the same meaning. Example are:

• 哥哥送我巧克力 In this case, the gift receiver have been moved forward straight after "give". 哥哥 is the giver, 我 is the gift receiver and 巧克力 is the gift.
• 妈妈送爸爸 新外套 - 妈妈 is the giver, 爸爸 is the gift receiver and 新外套 is the gift.

Term 2 Week 3 (Saturday) 母亲节 Mǔqīn jié Mothers Day

This week we are celebrating 母亲节 Mǔqīn jié Mothers Day. We talked about love 爱 Ài and sang a beautiful song about mum. Here is the lyrics:

美丽的美丽的天空里

Měilì dì měilì dì tiānkōng lǐ

In the beautiful sky

出来了光亮的小星星

chūlái le guāngliàng de xiǎo xīngxīng

Bright littles starts emerge

好像是我妈妈慈爱的眼睛

hǎoxiàng shì wǒ māmā cí'ài de yǎnjīng

Just like mum's kind beautiful eyes

妈妈的眼睛我最喜爱

māmā de yǎnjīng wǒ zuì xǐ'ài

mum's eyes are my favourite

常常的希望我做个好小孩

chángcháng de xīwàng wǒ zuò gè hǎo xiǎohái

Always wants me to be my best

妈妈的眼睛我最喜爱

māmā de yǎnjīng wǒ zuì xǐ'ài

Mum's eyes are my favourite

Happy Mothers Day! 母亲节快乐!

Term 2 Week 3 (Wednesday) 我参加音乐 Wǒ cānjiā yīnyuè I took part in music

Our sentence focus this week are:

• 我参加音乐 (Wǒ cānjiā yīnyuè) I participate in music
• 你参加了什么? (Nǐ cānjiāle shénme?) What activities do you take part in?
• 我参加音乐，也参加运动 (Wǒ cānjiā yīnyuè, yě cānjiā yùndòng) I take part in music and also sports
• Tony 和我都想参加网球队 (Tony hé wǒ dū xiǎng cānjiā wǎng qiú duì) Tony and I both want want to take part in tennis

You can practice these sentences HERE.

Term 2 Week 2 (Saturday) 我有什么 (Wǒ yǒu shé me) ? What Do I have?

Welcome back after a long weekend. We continue to look at the measure words and the items we have in our day to day life.

Please practice all the words here.

As well as learning measure words, we also revisited numbers. Please go through the number + measure words + items in the text book page 14, you can read along HERE.

The focus this week is 我有...(Wǒ yǒu) I have...

For example,  我有两个书包 (Wǒ yǒu liǎng gè shūbāo) I have two schoolbags.

Please also practice our song 妈妈的眼睛.

Have a lovely week ahead!