“Paint Winter Olympics · I Learn Chinese” a Competition for Primary and Secondary Students in Europe
Aiming at letting primary and secondary school students from European countries to experience the charm of writing Chinese characters through creating newspapers with the theme of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Spreading the spirit of the Winter Olympics with the connotation of “mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair play”, the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education were solicited for competition work of hand-written newspaper.
Overall, 16 countries took part in the competition with 46 schools across Europe altogether submitting 231 pieces of work from 331 students. At Hautlieu School Mandarin students from Y10, Y12 and Y13 submitted their creations. Out of the 32 first prizes given out , 8 Hautlieu students received it and 3 students got second prizes. cultural creative products of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Through this activity, Mandarin students had increased their interest in learning Chinese. One of the first prize winners from Hautlieu, 丽莉Daniela, said,” I hope I can learn Chinese well and in the future have the opportunity to visit Beijing.”
Winners in the competition
| Name | Prize |
| Joseph Murphy | First prize |
| Anne-Marie Cann | First prize |
| Lance Bation | First prize |
| Luke Ansell and Ben Collier | First prize |
| Olivia Swain | First prize |
| Sophia Raffio-Curd | First prize |
| Dani Esteves | First prize |
| Maria Strugaria+ Amelie Fitzpatrick | First prize |
| Ellesha O’Malley | Second prize |
| Daniel Bridle | Second prize |
| Jesper Jensen | Second prize |
| Roberto Lazzarin | Excellence award |
| Milo Dingle | Excellence award |
