China Summer Immersion

10 pupils from Our Lady’s along with Miss Ruddy attended the China Summer Immersion course ran by the Confucius Institute for Scotland. The group visited Beijing and then Tianjin where pupils attended a local high school and became immersed in Chinese Culture.

The group visited a variety of tourist attractions in Beijing including, Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, Beijing Watertown and The Great Wall, and managed to fit in lots of shopping at the Pearl Market and Ancient Culture Street. In Tianjin, pupils excelled in their Mandarin classes and embraced culture classes in Chinese tea making, calligraphy, opera mask making and even Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Pupils also visited Tianjin Museum, as well as our partner school, Tianjin High School and different host families. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the two week experience and were an absolute credit to the school throughout.