Happy Mid Autumn Festival aka Happy Moon Festival | 21st September 2021
At Pistachio Mandarin we’d like to wish you all Happy Mid Autumn Festival or as it’s also commonly known; Happy Moon Festival. Second only to the Chinese New Year Festival in it’s...
7 Reasons Why Our Mandarin Lessons Are Fun and Engaging (number 5 is a real favourite!)
You and I both know that when we learn in a fun and interactive way we’re more likely to retain information and enjoy learning. This means we achieve more and want to keep learning for longer. ...
Why Our Students Find Our Mandarin Lessons Fun (and not boring!)
We spoke to one of our student’s mums to find out why her 8 year old daughter enjoyed our mandarin lessons so much more than her last classes. This is what she had to say: How did you first hear...
Easter 2021!
We celebrated Easter at our Saturday classes at Kohia Terrace School on 27/3/21. Our teachers were introducing the Easter greetings in their lessons. Here is a video shown on how to speak in Easter...
Staff Christmas Dinner on 12/12/20
While we celebrated Christmas with our group classes held at Kohia Terrace School this morning, we also got our teaching staff together for a end of year dinner at Yatchun’s house. We made our home...
Christmas celebration on the last class at Kohia Terrace School 12.12.20
Students were taught Christmas greetings with pictures and pinyin words on the slides. This will enable them to wish their family and friends the greetings in Mandarin. shèng dàn jié kuài lè - Happy...
Tāng yuán workshop
This year Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival falls on 21/12/20. It is one of the most important Chinese and East Asian festivals celebrated by the Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysian,...
Private class 19.12.20
We celebrated the last class with our students of a mother and her two boys in their home in Auckland. The students were taught Chrstimas greetings such as: Shèng dàn jié kuàilè - Happy Christmas...
Christmas celebration at Waikowhai School 15.12.20
Christmas celebration on the last class at Waikowhai School 15.12.20 Students were taught Christmas greetings with pictures and pinyin words on the slides. This will enable them to wish their family...
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, is a major festival celebrated by the Chinese culture. Each year, it falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth month on the Lunar calendar. Here, families...