Hanwen Chinese

- Express themselves with fluent Chinese and willingly speak to family members in Chinese;
- Write Chinese characters and short messages in Chinese on electronic devices;
- Understand Chinese culture and develop a sense of identity as an overseas Chinese;
- Understand the differences between Chinese and western cultures and learn the methods and skills for cross-cultural communications. Officially incorporated on 25 March 2019, Hanwen Chinese is a brainchild of three young mothers passionate about Chinese teaching. Prior to the inception of the school, these mothers had been teaching Chinese at local parks to their own children and children from local neighbourhoods for nearly two years already. The number of their students grew from less than 10 to about 40. They never advertised their school for public enrolment, but the number of their students increased quickly and quietly. It was their passion and love of teaching and students that spoke louder. It was their dynamic teaching methodology and the quality result achieved that created a reputation and then spread by word of mouth. The teachers always took pains to find the best way to teaching students living outside of China. They tried to make their lessons interesting and attractive to these children by organising all kinds of activities and games. This way learning Chinese became a much more enjoyable experience to these students. And their classes were an amusement park filled with laughter and actions rather than just a traditional place of teaching and book reading. With the student number growing continuously, more and more mothers contacted them for consultation on Chinese learning. They started to feel that there was a real need out there. As mothers of Chinese families, they could feel the same frustration experienced by many Chinese mothers in relation to sending their children to study Chinese. Many of their children had studied Chinese in some Chinese schools, but they developed a resentment about Chinese learning. Some of them said repeatedly: I don't want to study Chinese anymore because it is too boring. To learn the Chinese language well, they really need an education that is more professional and efficient. Hanwen Chinese has been running successfully for three years. We started from a small school with around 50 students in 2019. Till Term 3 2022, we have approximately 140 students. We are pleased to see the passion of learning and improvement of every student and wish that more students will come to join us and benefit from our professional teaching. Our target
Help our children develop a passion for Chinese, learn it well to inherit and promote our Chinese culture. Our advantages
Why choosing Hanwen Chinese while there are so many Chinese-teaching schools in Sydney? Specialisation in Chinese teaching: Hanwen Chinese does one thing only – teaching Chinese. We invest a huge amount of attention finding the best teaching methodology and activities intended for students living outside of China so that they can learn Chinese with joy and efficiency. A professional team of teachers: we have a great team of teachers who care about students and love education and promotion of Chinese culture. These teachers have Australia-recognised qualifications in community language teaching and rich and extensive experience in Chinese teaching and class management. Teaching Chinese in small classes: we grade our students based on their Chinese levels and then assign them to the classes of their levels. While most of our students are from the Chinese families, we also have classes intended for non-Chinese family background. Each class has no more than 10 students. Promoting community welfare: we hope to create an excellent Chinese learning environment for students through the following voluntary efforts:
- Festival celebration events in the community: we often organise families and students of the local community to celebrate traditional Chinese Festvials together so that our students are able to learn and understand the Chinese culture and traditions in a gradual and natural way. Important festive events we have organised include Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn Festival and Chinese New Year.
- Chinese community library: Hanwen Chinese has established a virtual Chinese community library to provide our students with a wide range of Chinese-language books they can borrow to read for free. We also encourage them to read in Chinese by launching Hanwen Chinese Reading Challenge events and various other reading competitions like reading BINGO. Hanwen Chinese is currently running 14 small Chinese-learning classes of 10 students each at Crestwood Community Centre and Wrights Road Community Centre. The classes are open at 15:30 - 17:00 Tuesday to Friday, 09:00 - 10:30am/4:30 – 6:00pm on Saturday, and 4:30 – 6:00pm on Sunday. Enquiries are welcome. For enquiry about enrolment, please contact Jessica, Maggie or Lucy
For business cooperation and sponsorship, please contact Jessica