The annual school trip to Beijing, China is organised by the British Council and sponsored by HSBC. Pupils spend three weeks staying at the Central University for Nationalities, a centre for excellence where students from China's 56 minorities study.
The mornings are spent studying Mandarin Chinese with a native lecturer, an ideal opportunity for brushing up their communication skills. Some afternoons the pupils study Chinese brush painting and calligraphy, others are spent learning gong fu skills.
There are trips to the Great Wall at Badaling, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and other less famous areas in and around Beijing. Pupils experience Roast Duck, acrobatics, Beijing Opera and spend a day with a Chinese family. In all a life-changing experience!
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