Pupils taking Mandarin Lessons.

STUDENTS are being introduced to a new language at school.

They are learning Mandarin Chinese.

Priory Community School in Queensway, Worle, is running the subject as part of a plan to prepare pupils for a world increasingly economically dominated by countries outside of Europe.

Both Chinese and Japanese are studied as part of a period six - providing extra lessons at the end of the school day to broaden a student’s education.