It’s Chinese New Year and we have been celebrating!

On Friday last week, we talked about Chinese New Year in assembly and learned that the celebration lasts for 15 days. We listened to some pupils speaking Mandarin and watched a video of Chinese dancing. We also watched a video about 12 different animals competing in a race. Each of these animals represent a year in China. This year, it is the year of the Rat.

During art, we painted Willow pattern plates, which are blue and white. We listened to the story of the two doves which explained the history of the Willow pattern. We enjoyed creating the plates however it was very tricky to  include the detail on the plates. We do think we had a good go at it and we are very proud of our designs!

With Mrs Nasar, we made Chinese red envelopes. On our envelopes, we wrote either our name or a message in Mandarin. Some of us gave our envelopes to family, friends and even Mrs Agnew. The red colour of the envelopes represent good luck!