The Chinese New Year festival

The whole school was involved in celebrating Chinese New Year festival. At our school, children have been learning Mandarin for four years now. We have organised many cultural events throughout these years such as martial arts performances, Chinese dancing and singing. In Design and Technology, children cooked traditional Chinese dumplings from a recipe exchanged from a Chinese school.  

Children  discovered more about Chinese culture by researching the Chinese New Year festival, through participating in the Dragon dance, observing Chinese artists (dance, martial arts, singing and a Chinese opera style performance) from the Confucius Institute and leading an assembly. In English, they  read more about Chinese traditions through comprehension. In art, children  created displays through different mediums. These activities  allowed children to experience the language and culture in authentic context.

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