A free taste of our KS2 Mandarin scheme of work
Thinking about Mandarin as your school's language, or wondering how it would work in practice? This free sample gives you four complete lessons from our KS2 programme, taken from the same plans our teachers use in schools every week.
What's in the sample
- Lessons 1 and 2: introducing yourself, with 你好 (nǐ hǎo) and 我叫 (wǒ jiào)
- Lessons 5 and 6: numbers 1 to 5
- Lesson plans with suggested timings and teacher notes
- Matching activity sheets, ready to print
- A "Did You Know?" culture fact for every lesson
How the full scheme builds
The full programme runs to 110 lessons. Topics come in pairs of lessons, so children meet the same words twice in different ways before moving on, and earlier vocabulary keeps coming back in recap games.
| Lessons 1 to 4 | Hello and thank you: greetings, names, polite phrases and the four tones |
| Lessons 5 to 10 | First words: numbers 1 to 5, colours and pets |
| Lessons 11 to 18 | My family: parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and describing them |
| Lessons 19 to 22 | Numbers 6 to 10, saying your age and describing things |
| Lessons 23 to 30 | Likes and dislikes, hobbies, food and drink |
| Lessons 31 to 36 | Feelings and daily life |
| Lessons 37 to 44 | Greetings, places and school life |
| Lessons 45 to 50 | Activities, food and technology at home |
| Lessons 51 to 62 | Weather, clothes, times of day and days of the week |
| Lessons 63 to 72 | Transport, places in town, and staying healthy |
| Lessons 73 to 78 | My body |
| Lessons 79 to 86 | Seasons and the natural world |
| Lessons 87 to 92 | Wild animals and birds |
| Lessons 93 to 100 | Hobbies, music and the arts |
| Lessons 101 to 110 | Days out, birthdays, festivals and telling the time |
What every lesson includes
A warm-up and recap game, new words taught through conversation, a tones drill, stroke-order writing practice, an activity sheet and a short culture fact about China.
Who it is for
MFL leads, headteachers and class teachers who want to see what a Mandarin curriculum looks like before deciding. You do not need to speak any Mandarin to follow it. See how we work with primary schools
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