{"id":17931,"date":"2022-10-09T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T06:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owis.org\/sg\/?p=17931"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T05:48:53","slug":"grade-6-students-at-owis-suntec-put-theory-into-practice-for-their-mandarin-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owis.org\/sg\/school-stories\/grade-6-students-at-owis-suntec-put-theory-into-practice-for-their-mandarin-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 6 students at OWIS Suntec put theory into practice for their Mandarin lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17931\" class=\"elementor elementor-17931\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55b21887 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height 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data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Grade 6 students at OWIS Suntec put theory into practice for their Mandarin lesson<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c73c94 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"64c73c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-63538c4 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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