Happy Chinese New Year 2017 – The Year of the Rooster. The Chinese New Year celebrations started on 28th January and will continue until 15 February.  The new year, also known as the Spring Festival, is marked by the lunisolar Chinese calendar, so the date changes from year to year.

Calderhead Book Group and French Club came together at lunchtime on Friday to celebrate the new year.  Catherine Lumsden, one of this year’s Tianjin Scholars, spoke to the pupils about her experiences in Tianjin and taught them some Mandarin. The pupils also got an opportunity to try using chopsticks and discovered that it is not as easy as it looks! Thanks to Catherine for coming in to speak to us.