Confucius Institute for Scotlands Schools News & updates

The Panda Card Project photobook, 'Best Wishes for the Giant Pandas' is now available to view online. You can take a look here.

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.

Videos from An Adventure with Pandas, plus slides and additional resources are now available online to be used in the classroom. Find out more.

Join CISS as we celebrate the UN Chinese Language Day alongside RZSS and Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJT). Find out more about our online event here.

To celebrate the Year of the Rabbit and the hard work of pupils taking part in Discovering China 2022-23, the CISS team held a virtual celebration and showcase of learning event on 3rd February 2023. You can see videos from the event here.

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.

CISS is delighted to announce a poster competition for primary schools to celebrate the forthcoming Year of the Rabbit!

You can now register interest to take part in our online National Qualification Mandarin classes with our GTCS Mandarin teachers.

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.

The CISS team hosted a pop-up event this month at the home of one of our specialist Confucius classroom hubs.

A special competition inviting our creative network of Confucius Classroom Hubs to create or share images that capture the theme of "Chinese in our Community".

Check out the finalists and category winners of our 10th anniversary gift design competition.

Find out why the UN celebrates Chinese on 20 April each year.

Scotland's National Centre for Languages are offering an incredible package of financial support for schools interested in employing a teacher of Mandarin Chinese.

Take a look at the 2022 Winter Olympics through the eyes of some very creative Scottish primary students.

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.

We are delighted to announce the 6 winners of the Chinese New Year Poster Competition for Primary Schools.

The next level of the Virtual Teacher Project launched in March 2021. There were over 50 schools taking part, connecting weekly to a native speaking Mandarin teacher in China.

CISS is delighted to announce the winners and runners up in the Chinese New Year Competition secondary school category. The winning entry will be used on our social media. You can view the winning entries here.

CISS is delighted to announce the winners and runners up in the Chinese New Year Poster Competition primary school category. The winning entry will be used as our Chinese New Year card this year. You can view the winning entries here.

CISS is delighted to partner with Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre to bring you an exciting Chinese New Year celebration to welcome the lunar new year and celebrate the upcoming Year of the Ox. This event is FREE and open to all. Find out more here.

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.

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.

Scottish Opera, who are also a Specialist Confucius Classroom Hub have produced a fantastic package of digital materials for Primary schools across Scotland.

The British Council is pleased to announce that a digital Mandarin Speaking Competition will take place in 2021. More information is available here.

An exciting new digital approach helping Scotland's learners to access Chinese language teaching

Read more about this new programme developed in partnership with e-Sgóil

Important information about CISS services and events

An exciting offer with Mandarin Chinese offered at both BGE and NQ stages.