Chinese Summer School 2024
Date : Mon 17 Jun - Fri 28 Jun
Time : 10:00 - 15:00
This event is free but requires a €100 deposit to ensure attendance. This is refunded at the end of the event.
Cost : €0 - Refundable deposit required
Tourism and Leisure Building, Cork Road Campus
The SETU Department of Arts is offering a FREE Chinese culture and language Summer School in June 2024 for Junior and Senior Cycle students.
SETU is delighted to welcome interested students to experience the 2 week long Chinese Summer School. This event features a wide range of dynamic Chinese language and culture activities that students do not need any prior knowledge of Chinese to attend. This summer school is fully funded by 'Languages Connect' project to promote languages, making this event free.
For this summer camp, Chinese language and culture will be taught in an interactive way through various activities.
All language levels welcome - If you are beginner, come along to learn and to make friends.
Please fill in the form to register for this event. There is a €100 deposit required to attend which is fully refundable at the end of the Summer School. This deposit is payable on the first day of the summer school and is to ensure your child attends the 2 week programme. On completion this deposit is refundable.
Chinese Summer School - Event schedule
Date | Morning (10.00-12.30) | Lunch break (12.30-13.00) | Afternoon (13.00-15.00) |
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17 June | Introduction & Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Chinese calligraphy and painting |
18 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Traditional Chinese operas and music |
19 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Chinese food cookery demo |
20 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Cultural quizzes and games |
21 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Chinese movie |
24 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Chinese plays and poems |
25 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Table tennis |
26 June | Picnic Outing | Picnic Outing | Picnic Outing |
27 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Chess |
28 June | Chinese language and culture class | Lunch break | Learning demonstration showcase |

Learn more about languages at SETU
At SETU in Waterford, we offer the opportunity to study Chinese, French, Gaeilge, German, Italian or Spanish or at a variety of different levels across a broad range of our programmes.