Trimdon Junior School
Chinese New Year
On Monday the 7th March we had a very special day in school as we celebrated the Chinese New Year (a little early).
We had 5 workshops for the children to attend were they learnt all about different aspects of the Chinese culture. The children had the opportunity to mix with children from different year groups.
The day began with an assembly, Mr Craig read one of the stories explaining how the Chinese New Years were linked with an animal.
Workshop 1 - Cooking and Chinese food.
All the children had the opportunity to sample noodles, stir-fries ( with a variety of sauces).
Whilst some children prepared the food other children played a game using chopsticks, some made up menus using chinese cookery books and others made paper fortune cookies.
Workshop 2
Here the children learnt all about the Chinese tradition of sending red envelopes with either money or a wish in. We used our sewing skills whilst making the envelopes.
Workshop 3
In this workshop the children learnt all about Chinese Dancing Dragons, they learnt about how they originated and watched clips on the interent of giant dancing dragons during new year celebrations.
The children then worked in pairs to make their own dancing dragons.
Workshop 4
Here the children made traditional Chinese Laterns. The children first decorated their piece of paper before using their cutting and folding skills to form a latern.
Workshop 5
In this workshop the children used different writing implements to copy Chinese words and symbols. They used black paint, charcoal, felt-tips and pencils.
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