With the Chinese New Year fast approaching - and the Beijing Olympics on the horizon - we're running a Chinese writing competition for local children.
The objective is to write the slogan for the 2008 Olympics — One World One Dream — using Chinese characters, and to decorate the page in a colourful and imaginative way.
The competition is open to all primary school children in the Hull & Humber region, and the winners will be chosen by Coco Zhao, one of our senior Mandarin and Cantonese linguists.
In a letter to local schools, Carolyn Burgess, our Chief Exec, said:
"Writing Chinese characters is not difficult — and it's fun! It's also a great way to get children interested in language, culture and the big wide world."
The full letter can be downloaded below. You can also download a template of the slogan written in Chinese, as well as some general notes about writing Chinese characters (which teachers are welcome to use in the classroom).
Download Letter_to_schools.pdf