Welcome

We are a voluntary organisation for community Chinese Schools in the UK.

The UK Federation of Chinese Schools (UKFCS), founded in July 1994, is a charity that aims to promote, through its member schools, Chinese language education and Chinese culture. Since its formation, its membership has continued to increase. Today it has about 80 member schools, representing over 10,000 pupils.

Latest News

	Teachers Training Conference
	31^st March 2012 - 1^st April 2012 at Warwick University. Theme - Books and Beyond Details from Education Committee News

	Goldsmiths Short Course
	12 week short course for community school teachers commences from March. Details from Education Committee News Deadline for application - 20^th February 2012

	Cultural Performance 12
	Midland - Birmingham Central Library 18^th February 2012 South - Tolworth Girls’ School in Surrey 4^rd March 2012 Details from Cultural & Recreational Activities

	Competition results
	Chinese Calligraphy competition Chinese New Year Card competition Details from Cultural & Recreational Activities

UKFCS Publications

Let’s Learn Chinese series:

4 new textbooks have been published. They are available in traditional script and simplified script.

A level and GCSE exercises:

Details from UKFCS Publications

Useful links

GCSE Chinese web link:
www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/chinese/Pages/default.aspx

A-Level Chinese web link:
www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/chinese/Pages/default.aspx

Goldsmiths College
www.gold.ac.uk/educational-studies
www.gold.ac.uk/clcl/multilingual-learning/curriculumguides

ASSET Language web link:
www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/asset/index.aspx

Shaz Lawrence
www.paperbagchinese.com
www.chinesemonstermagic.com
www.gigglepotz.com
www.creativechinese.com

Examination News

Dates for GCSE exam

Chinese Unit 1: Listening and Understanding in Chinese 1F
19/6/2012 AM
Chinese Unit 1: Listening and Understanding in Chinese 1H
19/6/2012 AM
Chinese Unit 3: Reading and Understanding in Chinese 3F 5CN03
26/6/2012 PM
Chinese Unit 3: Reading and Understanding in Chinese 3H 5CN03
26/6/2012 PM

Dates for GCE