The Sister School Guide – China assists Australian schools teaching Chinese to establish partnerships with schools in China.
It uses video footage to describe the learning experiences of students, teachers, principals and community members involved in school partnerships.
The Guide provides:
- practical advice for establishing and sustaining a partnership
- downloadable tools and links to resources
- examples of effective use of new technologies and strategies that help to embed a partnership into Chinese language teaching and learning.

Australian Curriculum alignment
Learning area: Language: Chinese
Year level: Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
Country: China
General capability: Intercultural understanding
Cross-curriculum priority: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
The Australian Curriculum: English enables students to explore and appreciate the diverse range of traditional and contemporary texts from and about the peoples and countries of Asia, including texts written by Australians of Asian heritage. It enables students to understand how Australian culture and the English language have been influenced by the many Asian languages used in Australian homes, classrooms and communities.
The full resource can not be displayed on a mobile device.