City schools to compete in Mandarin speaking contest
Held at the British Museum in London this Friday, the 90 pupils from 25 UK schools taking part will be competing to win a trip of a lifetime to China. Edinburgh schools George Heriot’s College and Leith Academy will join four other schools from Scotland heading to the event.
Lucy Zhang, Mandarin teacher at Leith Academy, said S6 pupil Brooke Walker will give a solo performance, while the other four girls – Michelle Whitelaw (S3), Immaculate Kahembwe (S5), Sadaf Ashraf (S5) and Jolata Vanate (S6) – will perform a Mandarin-language play.