MIX

Events

8 years of Chinese, shared with Milan.

Since 2018, MIX has brought Chinese language and culture to the schools and families of Milan: through demo classes, open days and summer camps.

8years in Milan
25+schools and organisations
35+events and open days
3summer camps

Demo classes in schools

Our way of giving back: we go into classrooms and bring Chinese closer to students.

Children practising kung fu in the schoolyard during a MIX demo at BES
2019

BES

Characters in class, kung fu in the schoolyard.

Students at Zaccaria opening their arms to form the character 大 during a MIX demo class
2019

Zaccaria

Arms wide open: a whole school hall becomes the character 大, “big”.

Students raising their hands during a MIX demo class at Leone XIIIA MIX teacher giving a demo lesson to the Leone XIII primary teachers
2019

Leone XIII

Hands up, everyone! And a lesson for all the primary teachers: the start of a long partnership.

Open days

Meeting school leaders and families, face to face.

MIX open day at EY Wavespace, Milan
2019

Open day at EY Wavespace

An afternoon for head teachers from schools across Milan, to discover the MIX method.

Children writing Chinese characters on MIX tote bags at the ASM picnic
2019

ASM Back to School Picnic

Characters on tote bags, calligraphy and our mascot at the American School of Milan.

Summer camps

Short, intense and fun: Chinese for the hot Milan summer.

Children’s hands with finger puppets of China’s ethnic minorities at the Leone XIII summer camp 2019
2019

Puppets & culture

Chinese afternoons at the Leone XIII summer camp: China’s peoples, told with finger puppets.

Children in MIX t-shirts practising kung fu at the MIX Summer Camp 2019
2019

Kung fu

Summer Camp 2019 at DOUDOU: moves, games and Chinese.

Children listening to a guzheng performance at the MIX Summer Camp 2022
2022

Music

Summer Camp 2022 at Via Durando 39: a guzheng concert, up close.

Year by year

The MIX timeline.

  1. 2018MIX is founded
  2. 2019Demo classes, EY open day, first summer camp
  3. 2020Lessons move online
  4. 2021First YCT/HSK test day
  5. 2022Summer camp, wushu and painting workshops
  6. 2023City camp; classes move to Leone XIII
  7. 2024Weekly classes at Leone XIII
  8. 2025Programme at The British School of Milan
  9. 2026Open classes at Leone XIII

Bring MIX to your school.

Demo classes and open days, for schools and families.