On Friday afternoon, the children were preparing for Chinese New Year.
They were given the challenge of finding out
1. What year it is at the moment.
2. What year it is going to be.
3. When Chinese New Year starts.
4. How it is celebrated.
The children could then choose a craft that either provides a new year decoration or is one of the ways Chinese people celebrate.
Chinese dragons were decorated and will be turned into puppets.
Kites were made and the children searched for either Chinese writing to copy onto the kite or a picture of the animal this year represents.
Two children created lanterns. They had the hard job of cutting out sections of red card so they could be covered in tissue paper for the light to shine through.
Children decorated cards that would be given during the celebration of the new year.
The last activity was creating an animal puppet. Harley was decorating his puppet using tissue paper.
If you wish to read how the first New Year was named an animal, copy and paste the link below. There are lots of Chinese New Year activities the children can do too.
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/the_story_of_the_chinese_zodiac.htm
I will attach this link onto the web pages section of the blog. It's on the right hand side!
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