Our Mission
Mandarin Stars inspires a love for learning Chinese through a Playful, Practical, and Proud approach—empowering students to connect confidently and communicate meaningfully in a global world.
We welcome children from all ethnic, cultural and language backgrounds.
Whether your child is from a monolingual English-speaking family, a bilingual English/Chinese household or a Mandarin-speaking family, our innovative program will engage and delight your child.
Currently, the majority of children who attend our classes are non-native speakers.
Our 3P approach to teaching and learning is founded upon our core values
Playful (有趣)
- For Learning:
Learning should be joyful and engaging! Through play-based, immersive experiences, students develop curiosity, creativity, and a love for Mandarin that lasts a lifetime. - For Teaching:
We embrace creativity, enthusiasm, and a sense of fun in every class. A playful mindset helps build strong relationships with students and keeps learning fresh and inspiring—for both teacher and child.
Practical (有用)
- For Learning:
Students learn real-world Mandarin they can use confidently in daily life. We teach with purpose—focusing on language that’s relevant, functional, and useful in meaningful situations. - For Teaching:
Our programs are thoughtfully designed for outcomes. As educators, we stay focused on delivering purposeful lessons, setting clear goals, and helping students apply what they learn.
Proud (有面)
- For Learning:
Students feel empowered and confident in their progress. They take pride in learning Mandarin, celebrating their cultural connection and language milestones along the way. - For Teaching:
We take pride in our impact as educators. We celebrate every win—big or small—and nurture a culture where teachers feel valued, supported, and proud to be part of the Mandarin Stars journey.
Cultivate your child’s future fluency in Mandarin – Enrol in Mandarin Stars today!
What we offer at Mandarin Stars
- Highly interactive, engaging and creative immersion-based Mandarin classes.
- Access to a variety of fun and effective learning resources that are researched and developed each term for your child. Our learning resources include workbooks with over 30+ listening, speaking, reading and writing activities that develop Mandarin Chinese language skills and overall literacy and numeracy based concepts in the early and primary years. Our program comes with access to our dedicated Video Learning Hub which includes pre-recorded topic videos and listening based activities as well as stories, songs, Chinese poetry and more!
- Our approach reinforces and uses every teaching and learning opportunity to consolidate learning in Mandarin Chinese!
- Classes taught by bilingual teachers who are passionate about teaching, supporting and developing your child’s Mandarin Chinese language skills and knowledge of Chinese culture to children. Our teachers don’t just teach, we see our roles as being your child’s biggest mentor and support in developing your child’s confidence to communicate in Mandarin.
- Small Classes – Available in several locations around Australia (or online)
- A professionally researched teaching program, including the current best practices in teaching children both face to face and online.
We choose a range of activities to deliver our themes, including:
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sensory-based play
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short stories,
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rhymes, singing,
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dancing, movement and yoga
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puppet shows,
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dramatic play and
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arts and crafts.
All of the activities we plan and deliver the place our students at the centre of our pedagogical approach. We also consistently aim to reinforce and consolidate learning, and also develop in your child a strong sense of confidence and a “Can do… can learn…. can speak” attitude in our students so that as they mature and go on to learn Mandarin in their teenage years- they are confident, capable and knowledgeable Mandarin Chinese learners and communicators.
