Chinese Language Unit

Overview

The aim of the Chinese Unit is to inculcate passion in the learning of Mother Tongue Language and its culture and to instill a sense of responsibility towards family, society and country. The curriculum and programmes emphasize on acquiring proficiency in Chinese language, cultivating interest in Chinese culture and instilling strong Moral Values.

Vision and Mission

Vision	Active Learners, Proficient Chinese Language Users who appreciate Chinese cultures and uphold values.
Mission	We are committed to the teaching and learning of Chinese Language to nurture active learners and proficient language users who appreciate Chinese cultures and uphold values.

Name	Designation
Mdm Cheng Chim Khim Wendy	Head of Department
Mdm Mah Wai Mei	Level Head
Mdm Liang Gui Ping	ST / CL

Mdm Huang Wanqi, Queenie
Mdm Lin Lu
Mdm Law Qianyu Diana
Ms Hong Guey Lian
Ms. Fong Wei Yen

Ms Yeow Shiok Li
Ms Chan Pei Kee
Mr Shan Quan
Mdm Lee Yin Yin
Mr Ken Yeo
Mdm Liu Lili

Specific Programmes

Programme	What is it about	Target Group
Chinese New Year Celebration	The Chinese department organizes Chinese New Year Celebration concert every year. It provides a platform for pupils to celebrate the traditional festival and through the celebration, it strengthens the racial harmony among all races.	All pupils
Mid-Autumn Festival	The Chinese department organizes Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Making and Drawing competitions every year, along with the festive-related recess activities e.g. mooncake tasting, Chinese Tea appreciation etc. It aims to provide a platform for pupils to celebrate the traditional festival and appreciate the richness of one’s culture.	All pupils
Mother Tongue Fortnight	MT Fortnight is a 2-week long programme. During the 2-weeks, students engaged in many fun-filled activities ranging from storytelling, crafts work to painting. There are also competitions customised at various levels. Through the MT Fortnight, the school aims to create an engaging environment in which the learning of Chinese, Malay and Tamil are made more meaningful by promoting the cultural richness found in each language.	P4 pupils
P4 Cultural Fiesta	The P4 pupils will experience a wonderful cross cultural half-day programme where they learn and appreciate the culture differences through the various traditional activities planned for them. The main objectives of the programme are to provide an immersive environment for students to learn and use Mother Tongue Language and to appreciate respective cultures through hands-on tasks.	P4 pupils
Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES)	An initiative by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL), the Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES) aims to expose school students to Chinese language-related cultural performances by local and foreign performing arts groups, through attending musical stage play. The musical play is staged at a public performing arts venue to enhance the theatre experience with positive take-away for students.	P4 pupils
Conversational Chinese Language (CCL) and Conversational Malay Language (CML) Programme	The CCL and CML Programme are catered for Primary 3 and Primary 4 pupils. Pupils who have opted for the course will attend 10 lessons. The lessons (2 hours per lesson) are held outside curriculum time on a weekly basis. The program aims to teach our pupils simple, conversational phrases in other Mother Tongue Language, besides their own. While keeping our mother tongues and cultures alive, acquiring other languages will enable us to link up with opportunities beyond Singapore such as those in Southeast Asia and the Middle-East.	P3 and P4 pupils
Hooked on Reading	Reading is the key for language learning, it benefits our students by enriching their vocabulary and strengthening their reading comprehension skills. Therefore, the Chinese department conducts Reading Programme for all levels throughout the year. The students are exposed to storybooks of different themes from Primary One to Six. In WRPS, we get pupils “Hooked on Reading”.	All pupils
Newspaper Review Programme	In order to instil the love of reading and keep our pupils update on the current affairs, Newspaper Programme is conducted for middle and upper primary.	High Readiness Pupils

National Calligraphy Competition

Last year, WRPS participated in the 2021 “Awe-Inspiring Virtue and Ocean of Wisdom” National Calligraphy Competition. All primary 3 to primary 6 pupils had the opportunity to participate in this competition. 10 of our pupils were awarded consolation prizes and 2 of our pupils managed to enter the finals. Our school was also awarded the “Active School Participation” Award for being one of the school that submitted the most number of entries for this competition. It was indeed a proud moment for WRPS!

Photo of one of the finalist ZHAN WEN XUAN from 3 Rose, representing our school to receive the “Active School Participation” award.

Photo of one of the finalist, TAN YU HAN from 4 Rose.

Conversational Chinese Language (CCL) and Conversational Malay Language (CML) Programme

The program aims to teach our pupils simple, conversational phrases in other Mother Tongue Language, besides their own. Pupils attend 10 lessons outside curriculum time on a weekly basis.

Chinese New Year Celebration

Woodlands Ring Primary School celebrated Chinese New Year this year with pre-recorded performances shown in their classrooms on 31st January 2022. The concert started off with an interesting lion dance performance. Next, there was a video montage of teachers and students sending their well wishes to everyone. Following that, students had their snack break while enjoying Chinese New Year songs. Various CCAs also participated in the celebration and showcased their talents through different performances. Pupils were given the opportunity to record their performances from home and there was even a classroom visit by “God of Fortune” while the celebration was going on! After viewing the performances, the pupils got to learn more about Chinese New Year traditions and customs through a presentation and ended the day by engaging in fun-filled classroom activities led by their form teachers.

Mid-Autumn Festival competitions

As part of the Chinese culture, Lantern Making and Drawing competitions was conducted to promote an interest and awareness of the Mid-Autumn Festival in pupils. We also aim to foster stronger parent-child relationship through the Lantern Making activity.

MT Fortnight

The MT Fortnight aims to expose students in the understanding of their own culture and language through active participation in a variety of activities and programmes on a yearly basis for all levels.

MT Fortnight (CL)

P4 Cultural Fiesta

The P4 pupils experience a wonderful cross cultural half-day programme through various multicultural traditional activities and hands-on tasks planned for them.

Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES)

An initiative by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL), the Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES) aims to expose students to Chinese language-related cultural performances by local performing art groups, through attending musical stage play.

Learning journey to SOTA for Chinese Cultural theatre experience.

Hooked on Reading (for all levels)

- Cultivate the love for reading.

- Expose our pupils to storybooks of different genres.

- Bi-weekly class reading time and scheduled visit to school library.

Character and Citizenship Education (MT - CCE)

a) CCE Termly Quiz

- Pupils take part in the termly quiz while learning about core values, character building and cultures.

b) Moments of Appreciation

- Pupils learn the importance of having good relationships with others ie. friends, sibling, parents, teachers etc.

- Pupils design and create something for people whom they appreciate their relationship

- Selected good works are also displayed to affirm pupils efforts

Some good works done by our pupils