The LOTE curriculum is offered as an integrated part of the curriculum, to all students. It is aimed at engaging students in thinking and reflecting on their own culture, wider civilisations that surround them and humanity in a broader sense. All students from Foundation to Year 6 attend one Mandarin session per week. Their listening, understanding and speaking skills are developed through singing, games, rhymes, role play and other language activities. Students also have the opportunity to use technology to develop their language learning. Besides communicating in Mandarin, they build up an awareness and knowledge of Chinese culture.

At Knox Gardens Primary School, we have a sister school partnership with Taicang Chengxiang No. 1 Primary School in China. This provides students with additional opportunities to hear Chinese spoken in authentic contexts and to practise their own Chinese with peers of a similar age. The annual Cultural and Language Exchange Program with our sister school assists our students to develop their language skills and understanding of the Chinese culture.