Warren Primary Academy pupils enjoy workshop led by NCI teachers

Blow painting by a school pupil

30/6/2017

On 26 June, over 30 Year Four pupils at Warren Primary Academy attended a Chinese language and cultural workshop delivered by NCI teachers Miss Yuhan Lyu and Miss Xuequn Chen. 

The two-hour workshop consisted of  three activities: a language taster, paper cutting and cherry blossom blow painting.  Following a general introduction to China, pupils learnt how to say a few basic Chinese phrases such as "Thank you!" and "Goodbye" along with Chinese numbers from one to ten. Paper cutting involved creating and cutting the Chinese character for ‘Spring’ - ‘春’. Cherry blossom blow painting saw the pupils blow drops of ink on paper in different directions to form branches and then decorate the branches with paint to form cherry blossom.

There was a great feeling of fun and energy throughout the lesson. The consensus was that the lesson was two hours very well spent, with several of the keen young minds in attendance expressing an interest in learning more!

~ENDS~

诺丁汉孔子学院赴Warren Primary Academy开展文化工作坊

文/吕羽晗 

       当地时间6月26日，诺丁汉大学孔子学院吕羽晗、陈雪群两位老师应邀到Warren Primary Academy开展了工作坊活动。本次的活动对象为31名四年级的小学生，活动时长为2小时，共包括基础汉语教学、剪纸、吹墨梅花三大板块。让学生们既学习了日常交际所需的基础汉语，也感受到了中国文化的别样魅力。

      工作坊活动从上午10点正式开始，陈雪群老师首先带领着小学生学习了“你好”、“谢谢”、“再见”、“对不起”等基础汉语的读法及用法，并通过课堂小游戏巩固所学，练习这些常用短语。在短暂的课间休息之后，陈老师继续教授小学生们学习中国剪纸，中国剪纸艺术的历史源远流长，在座的每个小学生在听讲之后无不为之神往。拿起剪刀之后，他们更是全神贯注地完成自己的剪纸作品——中国汉字“春”，并且自豪地向老师们展示。

      活动进入到了第三个板块。吕羽晗老师先是播放了一个汉语录像“数字歌”，充满节奏感的韵律和有趣的汉字读音成功吸引住了小学生的注意力，大家都开始跟读了起来。在学习了汉语数字之后，我们开始了吹墨梅花的环节。纯白的纸上，借由自由掌握的气息，由墨水吹就的树干蜿蜒别致却绝不雷同，再饰以鲜红的水粉，一株梅花便跃然纸上了。此时此刻，每个人都是艺术家。大家拿着自己创造的作品无不欢欣雀跃，开心得说要带回家留作纪念。

     临近结束，既是复习也是告别，大家互相说着“谢谢”和“再见”，每个小孩子都迸发出了比起之前更加高昂的热情。本次的工作坊活动在一片和谐有序的气氛中圆满结束。