CHINESE SCHOOL IS A FIRST IN EUROPE
Europe’s first bilingual English-Chinese school is due to open in London this September. Professor Hugo de Burgh, a leading authority on China, will be the chairman of Kensington Wade School and has been instrumental in its founding.
He says the benefits for pupils will be numerous. Yes, it’s likely that China is the future for international business. But he also believes that learning the Chinese language is of huge benefit to children — both for the general benefits of being bilingual, but also because learning a logographic language — as well as an alphabetic one — expands their mental horizons. Finally, de Burgh believes that British education has plenty to learn from the Chinese system.
The private prep school’s home will be a brand-new state-of-the-art building on Kensington High Street with a rooftop playground. Everyone is very proud of its 685 square-metre sports hall. In September pupils will be accepted into Nursery, Reception and Year 1 classes.
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