Chinese New Year Celebration
To celebrate the Chinese New Year the children were given a presentation of what it is and how it is celebrated.
This year is the year of the rooster and there are in total 12 animal years and it follows a full 12 year cycle before the year of the rooster comes on again.
We talked about the traditions and culture, the decorations, the special food the Chinese eat (just like one does for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Diwali etc), about the tea ceremony, the lucky red envelopes (Hung Bao) and other fun stories of the Chinese Zodiac . The children were also shown typical decorations, couplets, red packets, costumes etc. They also watched a short video clip about the Chinese New Year and also the dragon and lion dances, which they thoroughly enjoyed. One of the short stories is called Fortune Tales/ The story of Chinese New Year.
After the presentation, the children were all given a lucky red ‘Hung Bao’ and they were absolutely delighted.
Later on, the children made their own Chinese dragons and they had great fun playing with them!
Purpose
Learn more about different cultures and traditions
To know more about similarities and differences in each other's lives and to respect each other's individualities.
Connection to Lpfo
To develop the ability to accept responsibility and respect for each other's culture and traditions.
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