City schools to compete in Mandarin speaking contest
TWO Edinburgh secondary schools will compete in the grand final of a Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition run by the British Council and HSBC.
Held at the British Museum in London this Friday, the 90 pupils from 25 UK schools taking part will be competing to win a trip of a lifetime to China. Edinburgh schools George Heriot’s College and Leith Academy will join four other schools from Scotland heading to the event.
Lucy Zhang, Mandarin teacher at Leith Academy, said S6 pupil Brooke Walker will give a solo performance, while the other four girls – Michelle Whitelaw (S3), Immaculate Kahembwe (S5), Sadaf Ashraf (S5) and Jolata Vanate (S6) – will perform a Mandarin-language play.
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.