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🌦️ Topic of the Week: Weather

🌈 天气 (tiānqì) – weather
☀️ 晴天 (qíngtiān) – sunny
☁️ 多云 (duōyún) – cloudy
🌧️ 下雨 (xiàyǔ) – rainy / to rain
💨 刮风 (guāfēng) – windy
❄️ 下雪 (xiàxuě) – to snow
⛈️ 暴风雨 (bàofēngyǔ) – stormy
🌡️ 热 (rè) – hot
🧥 冷 (lěng) – cold
🌤️ 暖 (nuǎn) – warm

🌍 **Exciting News!**

Alongside our Mandarin classes, we're delighted to introduce our new **online English Adventure Programme** for children!

This isn't just another English class. Our programme is designed to help children **build confidence, communicate naturally and use English through fun, interactive adventures.**

✨ Small groups (4–6 children)
✨ Native English-speaking teachers & experienced bilingual teachers
✨ Interactive, adventure-themed lessons
✨ Develop speaking, listening, confidence and critical thinking
✨ Children grouped by English level (not just age)

📅 **Placement assessments will take place in August** to help us place each child in the most suitable group before lessons begin.

If you're interested in finding out more or booking an assessment, please send me a private message. We'd love to hear from you!

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📚 Topic of the Week: Time Words

今天 – jīntiān – Today

明天 – míngtiān – Tomorrow

昨天 – zuótiān – Yesterday

这个月 – zhège yuè – This month

上个月 – shàng ge yuè – Last month

下个月 – xià ge yuè – Next month

今年 – jīnnián – This year

明年 – míngnián – Next year

去年 – qùnián – Last year

#中文学习 #学中文

📅 Topic of the week - Learn the 12 Months of the Year in Chinese!🇨🇳🗓️

一月 — Yīyuè — January
二月 — Èryuè — February
三月 — Sānyuè — March
四月 — Sìyuè — April
五月 — Wǔyuè — May
六月 — Liùyuè — June
七月 — Qīyuè — July
八月 — Bāyuè — August
九月 — Jiǔyuè — September
十月 — Shíyuè — October
十一月 — Shíyīyuè — November
十二月 — Shí'èryuè — December

📚 Topic of the Week -✨ Frequently Used Verbs

1. 吃 (chī) – to eat
2. 喝 (hē) – to drink
3. 看 (kàn) – to look / to watch
4. 听 (tīng) – to listen
5. 说 (shuō) – to speak / to say
6. 去 (qù) – to go
7. 来 (lái) – to come
8. 做 (zuò) – to do / to make
9. 写 (xiě) – to write
10. 读 (dú) – to read

💡 Challenge:
Can you make a sentence using one of these verbs? Leave your answer in the comments! 😊

Topic of the week - Fruits

🍎 苹果 (píngguǒ) - Apple
🍌 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo) - Banana
🍇 葡萄 (pútáo) - Grape
🍓 草莓 (cǎoméi) - Strawberry
🍊 橙子 (chéngzi) - Orange
🍉 西瓜 (xīguā) - Watermelon
🥭 芒果 (mángguǒ) - Mango
🍋 柠檬 (níngméng) - Lemon
🍑 桃子 (táozi) - Peach
🍐 梨 (lí) - Pear

Today is the dragon boat festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, traces its roots back over 2,000 years. It originated in ancient China as a blend of agricultural and spiritual rituals, eventually evolving to commemorate the tragic death of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

端午节 忆屈原 | Dragon Boat Festival: For Qu Yuan, For Ever 端午节是中国传统节日，主要为纪念战国时期爱国诗人屈原。他忠诚爱国却遭陷害流放，虽身处逆境仍心系家国，写下诸多不朽诗篇。楚国都城被攻破后...

Topic of the week - Colours

🔴 红色 (hóng sè) — Red
🟠 橙色 (chéng sè) — Orange
🟡 黄色 (huáng sè) — Yellow
🟢 绿色 (lǜ sè) — Green
🔵 蓝色 (lán sè) — Blue
🟣 紫色 (zǐ sè) — Purple
⚫ 黑色 (hēi sè) — Black
⚪ 白色 (bái sè) — White
🟤 棕色 (zōng sè) — Brown
🎨 颜色 (yán sè) — Colour / Color

Which colour is your favourite? 你最喜欢什么颜色呢？ 😊

#中文学习 #儿童中文 #学中文

Topic of the week: Single-syllable directional verbs

上 (shàng) — up / upward

下 (xià) — down / downward

左 (zuǒ) — left

右 (yòu) — right

前 (qián) — forward / ahead

后 (hòu) — backward / behind

来 (lái) — come

去 (qù) — go

进 (jìn) — enter / in

出 (chū) — exit / out

Topic of the week: Describing words

好看 (hǎokàn) — Good-looking / Beautiful
漂亮 (piàoliang) — Pretty / Beautiful
可爱 (kě'ài) — Cute / Lovely
帅 (shuài) — Handsome / Cool
酷 (kù) — Cool (slang)
舒服 (shūfu) — Comfortable / Cozy
干净 (gānjìng) — Clean / Neat
流行 (liúxíng) — Popular / Trendy