Achievements
Dacorum Chinese School receives quality of teaching award  
The press reported on the School's achievements as follows :-

“A Chinese school has received a national award for the quality of its teaching. The Dacorum Chinese School Association in Hemel Hempstead, that teaches Mandarin from beginner's level to A level, was praised for the variety of learning it offers. It organises Tai Chi classes and Chinese art activities, cultural events and trips.

The school has now received a Quality in Study Support (QiSS) award for its efforts, part of an initiative by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

The scheme praises and rewards activities offered to children and young people outside their normal lesson time.

The Chinese school, which boasts 106 students aged five to 75, received the award at County Hall, Hertford, in December. County councillor Keith Emsall, executive member for education, said: "Study support has a real impact on learning and opens up opportunities for children and young people in Hertfordshire. "It focuses on learning in its widest sense and all the evidence shows that it raises young people's confidence, enjoyment of learning and overall attainment." The government believes learning outside of school motivates young people and raises their self-esteem, while the QiSS recognition scheme provides evidence for Ofsted.”

Click here for the full article as published in The Hemel Hempstead Herald and Post: 24 December 2008

Student Achievements

 

9th UK Mandarin Reading Competition, 2011

Our students once again have performed wonderfully at the annual reading competition. The school would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone on their hard work and enthusiasm. A total of nine groups participated entering in all the categories.

 

Our school won the "Outstanding School Award" in Chinese learning.

 

Performance Group	Name(s)	Class	Prize
A - Group 2	Andy HUANG, Rebecca WANG	AS
A - Group 4	Yingcen TEE, Kaiwen XU, June YAN	AS
B - Group 4	Lily CAYLESS, Mei LI	Adult 2	3rd Place
B - Single 3	Frank ZHANG	Year 2B
C - Group 1	Oliver CHOW, John De LAUBENQUE, Joseph De LAUBENQUE, Adam LOO, Caitli LOO, Jack PENTLAND, Joshua MICHAEL, Delia PREVITALI, Colie YONG, Hougo YONG	Year 1
C - Group 3	Kate TSE, Lawrence DIFFEY, Stefan CAYLESS	Year 3
C - Group 5	Lucia CAYLESS, Lily TSE, Sophie McGUINNESS	Year 1	3rd Place
D - Single 8	Gary McGUINNESS	Adult 2	3rd Place

For some photos of our participants click here

GCSE Mandarin Chinese

In 2009 the entire GCSE class achieved grade A*, a great achievement and, even better, the 2010 class also all achieved A*. Congratulations to both groups!

 

ASSET Mandarin Exams
Two students from the Adult Intermediate class, Lily Cayless and Michael Mumford, attempted Asset Language exams in summer 2010. Michael did Reading and Writing at Preliminary level and Lily did Reading, Writing and Listening at Breakthrough level. They both attained the top grades available in all their exams.

 

The same students took more exams this Spring (2011) and Lily achieved top grades across the board at Preliminary level (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), while Michael got top grades at two skills (Speaking and Listening) at Preliminary level and top grades at two skills (Reading and Writing) at Intermediate level. Congratulations to them both!

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