Confucius Institute for Scotlands SchoolsNews & updates

  • January 2025 - Chinese New Year Poster Competition Winners

    CISS is delighted to announce the winners of the poster competition. With over 1,300 entries from primary schools across Scotland, it was very hard to narrow down it down to 9 winners from three categories: P1-P3, P4-5, P6, & P7. Here are the winning entries.

  • March 2024 - Eric Liddell Poster Competition Winners

    CISS is delighted to announce the winners of the poster competition! This year we received over 750 entries from schools across Scotland and it was very difficult to narrow it down to 10 winners in three categories: P1-P3, P4-P5, and P6-P7. Here are the winning entries.

  • April 2023 - The Panda Card Project

    To commemorate the final year of the Giant Pandas in Scotland CISS is excited to introduce the Panda Card Project - an opportunity for pupils in Scotland to design a goodbye card for Yang Guang and Tian Tian, to wish them best wishes for their journey and new life back at home.

  • January 2023 - CISS Chinese New Year Poster Competition Winners

    CISS is delighted to announce the winners of the poster competition! This year we received nearly 600 entries from schools across Scotland and it was very difficult to narrow it down to 8 winners in two categories: P3-P5 and P7. You can see the winning entries here.

  • November 2022 - Knowledge Exchange Conference

    Looking Back, Looking Forward - a Knowledge Exchange Conference to reflect on Mandarin teaching in Scotland. Join us as we look back on 10 years of the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools, and forward to the future.

  • February 2022 - CISS Launches 10th Anniversary Gift Design Competition

    In celebration of its 10th Anniversary, CISS is inviting secondary students from across Scotland to pitch their best designs and concepts for two very special gifts. Not only fantastic prizes up for grabs, but also an excellent opportunity to build students' intercultural awareness, enterprise and employability skills.

  • January 2021 - Chinese Bridge Masterclasses

    This free programme is run in collaboration with East China Normal University in Shanghai. It kicks off on Monday 18th January 2021 and will run for 10 weeks. In response to the most recent school closures the team at East China Normal University have worked tirelessly with CISS to redesign the live masterclasses into pre-recorded classes that pupils can access at home. This resource is aimed at beginners and covers a variety of cultural topics. More information can be found here.

  • November 2020 - Gong Fu Master webinar

    Now available to view online: Gong Fu Master Ling Yun - The Swords Lady. A cultural webinar produced in collaboration with South West Jiaotong University, Chengdu.