Dear Parents and students
Welcome back to all the students and parents. I am glad to see many new faces. Thank you to all the parents who have recommended their friends to join our school. I am sure the new students will all settle well and enjoy the Hua Hsia community atmosphere. The new school year feels energetic. There is a new image and new hall. The school admission desk is now outside of the assembly hall. Roland and Jasmine will be on the desk to help. The Assembly hall will be use for the IQChinese classroom. From next week you will see a NO ENTRY sign on the door. On the Sunday, tea and coffee will be serving in the kitchen which locates in the end the corridor beside the adult toilet.
CONGRATULATIONS!
This year we had 5 students who took GCSE and all received excellent result A*. I am very pleased and grateful to the dedicated Hua Hsia Chinese School teachers who put in a lot of hard work, as well as the students commitment and parents support. The proud teachers are Mrs Helen Hartley **and **Miss Hsiu Nien Wei **who worked extremely hard for the students. The excellent students are **Huang Yue, Berlinda Middleton, Clotilde Yap, Monica Yung-Lur Chua and Sophia Huang. Well Done, Girls!
**Moon Festival **
I am reminding parents to please sign up for the playground rota sheet. The school curriculum, calendar and course design are now on the school website www.huahsia-chinese.org.uk for your information. In this term, the famous festival is the Moon Festival on the 22nd of September. It is our tradition to celebrate the Moon festival with mini moon cake for all our students and a tea party with all parents and teachers. It is scheduled on the 26th September in the Assembly Hall starting 3.30pm. When parents wish to order the Moon Cake please contact the school desk for the order form or email to us before the 22nd September. In the mean time, I have postponed the Community project Make A Kite with your kids to the spring term.
The Language Show 2010- Hua Hsia IQChinese e-learning Stand 203
We are exhibiting at The Language Show on stand 203 from the 15th -17th October 2010 at Earls Court in London, part sponsored by OCAC. There will be Chinese Culture Festival with Calligraphy and opera face painting activities. Tickets are available on the school desk. We would love to see you there. We have also arranged a demonstration on the Sunday 17th October from 11.45-12.30 to talk about how to MOTIVATE NON-HERITAGE CHINESE LEARNERS WITH TECHNOLOGY: Capturing students' attention with an innovative digital courseware they'll love. During the Language Show, there will be a special promotion offer on IQChinese Go products. Please contact the office if you want to reserve a place on our talk.
Dear Parents, thank you for your continued support of Hua Hsia Chinese School. There will be good progress ahead for both the school and the students' efforts. Like any school, it is important to maintain standards. Hua Hsia Chinese School has a high standard of tuition and in order to maintain these high standards we do like to introduce new students and fresh ideas. Please do not hesitate to let me know of anyone you would like to introduce.
I have now attached a testimonial from Tony Middleton to share his daughter learning experience and achievement.
Kind regards
Katja Ting
**Hi Katja
Once again many thanks for your help regarding the Mandarin GCSE Course that you set up especially for the three keen students last year!
As promised please find attached a few words. I hope that it is suitable to enthuse new and prospective students at Hua Hsia Chinese School.
Kind Regards
Tony Middleton**
**We are very pleased with the tuition provided by the Hua Hsia Chinese School. Our daughter has been able to achieve Grade A* in the 2010 GCSE Examinations. She started almost 4 years ago, at the age of 12 years, with absolutely no knowledge of the language and initially attended the Sunday junior classes with much younger pupils. From October 2009 we decided to push her towards obtaining the GCSE and the Chinese School were very helpful and arranged for 3 pupils to come together in a special intensive class up to the June 2010 examinations, and all at reasonable cost!
The rate at which her Mandarin improved really astounded us. The tuition was friendly and first class. That said, the success was in part due to the determination of the student and as non-Mandarin speaking parents we tried to help as best we could. We helped in creating the flash cards for all the characters in the 3 text books. This latter exercise enabled our daughter to memorize the characters and meanings; it should not be under estimated as it is a powerful tool in mastering the language. Flash cards can be purchased commercially but we recognised the value for our daughter in creating the cards of her own. This has given her extra confidence in continuing with her Mandarin reading and igniting her interest in all things Chinese**.
