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Learning more about Hinduism
Year 4 loved dressing up in Hindu clothes and making models in clay
Divali
Year 3 used clay to make candle pots and models of Ganesh
Chopsticks!
Year 2 and Year 6 attempted to try a variety of Chinese food using chopsticks!
Chinese Calligraphy
Year 5 tried to write their names in the very complicated Chinese characters!
Year 6 Dragon Boat activities
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Chinese New Year 2021 The Year of the Ox
As part of our ongoing International School Award, the whole school took part in a series of activities to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Both online learners and children in school participated in a variety of ways!
Kung Fu
The Warrior Dance
Food tasting using chopsticks
Mask making
Art and crafts
and many, many more!
Chinese lunch!
A special Chinese themed school lunch was made to accompany our Chinese New Year celebrations!
The children enjoyed a choice of rice, noodles, spring rolls and sweet and sour!
Chinese New Year – The Year of the Rat
Continuing our Chinese New Year celebrations, the Outreach Team from the Oriental Museum in Durham, came in to school to work with Nursery, Reception and Year children. Stories, craft and drama made their visit to school a really fun and informative day.
Year 2 visit the Oriental Museum in Durham
As part of the school’s Chinese New Year celebrations, Sharks and Dolphins classes visited the Oriental Museum in Durham.
Led by the resident Education Team, the children were able to see and touch many of the Museum’s artefacts, learned the story of the Chinese Zodiac, made crafts connected with the Year of the Rat and did the Dragon Dance around the Museum.
