Residents given the opportunity to learn Mandarin

In a pilot scheme, being launched this month, Ramsey Grammar School will host community classes focussing on the language and wider Chinese culture.

 

The Department of Education and Children is funding a teacher for 10 hours of study time - headteacher Annette Baker tells us why she thinks it's important: 

 

 

It follows the government's efforts to improve links between the Island and China - a nation seen as important economically; Annette says it will also help make the school a community hub: