Dartford wins 2013 Confucius Classroom of the Year
Congratulations to the Confucius Classroom at Dartford Grammar School on winning 2013 Confucius Classroom of the Year. The Confucius Classroom at Dartford Grammar School (DGS) is one of 37 IOE […]
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Conference 2014 Call for Proposals
Are you interesting in presenting a workshop at our 11th Annual Chinese Conference? Or do you know someone who has a good idea and experience share? We would like to […]
Mandarin Chinese for Primary Schools – Launch Event
On Tuesday 3 December, we were excited to launch Mandarin Chinese for Primary Schools. Funded by HSBC’s Global Education Programme, the project will run for five years initially and support […]
Blogging workshop for Mandarin teachers
Thank you to Emily Preston (author of Everything Chinese) who joined us on 6th and 7th December to give step-by-step training in how to improve teaching with a simple blog. […]
Mandarin Chinese for Primary Schools
We’re pleased to announce our new five-year initiative to develop Mandarin and Chinese culture in UK primary schools. Is your primary school thinking of teaching Mandarin Chinese? The Institute of […]
New Confucius Classrooms receive their plaques
On Tuesday 15 October, our five new IOE Confucius Classrooms (CCs) received their iconic Hanban plaques. Joan Deslandes, Headteacher of IOE CC at Kingsford Community School and acting chair of […]
South East Chinese Teaching Network Meeting
16 members of the UK’s Chinese teaching network came together at Dartford Grammar School (DGS) on Friday 11 October. The meeting was hosted by Paul Tyskerud, Confucius Classroom Manager and […]
Hanban Teachers 2013-14
Welcome to our fantastic IOE Hanban teachers 2013-14! This year we welcome 34 new and 13 returning Hanban teachers all the way from China. The new teachers arrived in the […]
Free Mid-Autumn Festival Resources
Free lesson plans and activities: IOE Confucius Institute for Schools has been working with the British Council on a primary school education pack. What’s included? Lesson plans, an assembly plan, […]
IOE CI Image bank
Looking for images of China to show in your lessons? Look no further. Stunning photos are now available from James Trapp’s collection. They are now free for everyone to use […]
2013 Study Camps
The 7th Annual Study Camps took place this summer in July. Click here to read more about the 7th Annual Study Camps Click here to read about a few students’ experiences from Altrincham […]
2013 presentations
Presentations from the 10th Annual Chinese Conference are now available to download in the “Events” section of this site under “10th Annual Chinese Conference”. Click here to go straight to […]
Mandarin for Teenagers at the British Film Institute
For several years the British Film Institute have held film and language days for KS3 French, German and Spanish. This year they are pioneering a Mandarin day, which will be […]
Conference programme now available
We have an exciting range of CPD workshops and keynote speeches in this year’s conference programme. Click here to download the latest conference programme (PDF). Click here to visit the […]
IOE CI Hanban Teacher CPD Event
On March 1st and 2nd 2013 IOE Confucius Institute Hanban teachers met in London and took part in a two day CPD training programme at the Institute of Education, University […]
Kingsford win first prize!
Kingsford Community School were proud first prize winners of the group performance at the National Mandarin Speaking Competition 2013. Shannon Wright (15), Ngoc Anh Tran (14), Yasmin Gulay (15), Benedict Green (14) and Jabeth Musumba […]
UCL IOE Confucius Institute for Schools
The SSAT Confucius Institute transferred to the UCL Institute of Education in June 2012 to become the UCL IOE Confucius Institute for Schools (IOE CI). IOE CI is essentially the national […]
A review: IOE CI Resource Training Events, December 2012
The IOE Confucius Institute successfully delivered three Chinese resource training events in December 2012. One took place at Upton Hall School Confucius Classroom in Merseyside and two at the Institute […]
10th Annual Chinese Conference 2013
Are you interested in presenting a workshop at our conference? Do you have good ideas and successes to share? We are looking for engaging and enthusiastic speakers to give a […]
2012 Autumn Camps
The China Camps have taken place each year since 2007 through the generous support of Hanban (the Office of Chinese Language Council International). In October 2012, 395 UK secondary school […]
Case Study: Experience China 2012
By Junerose Palmer Advance skills teacher – Internationalism and Cultural Diversity Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Last summer, I joined the Experience China Course and spent three weeks at the East […]
Experience China Course 2012 Feedback
Comments and feedback from the 2012 Experience China participants It was a unique and invaluable experience for me and has really inspired me to take Mandarin further as part of […]
A Chinese Teaching Materials Workshop
The IOE Confucius Institute for Schools is holding two teacher training events for speakers of Chinese who are interested in learning how to teach Chinese to school-age students or improve […]
UK Based Teacher Training Quotes
From October 2011 to February 2012, the IOE Confucius Institute for Schools successfully ran three teacher training courses. Each course lasted one week consisting of 10 sessions focusing on different […]
Latest Teaching Resources
Click here for 中文. In 2009 a new GCSE Chinese textbook was published in conjunction with Pearson Education and specifically tailored to the new Edexcel GCSE specification and exam. One […]