Chinese New Year

Kung hei fat choy!

Yesterday we celebrated the beginning of the Chinese year of the horse. Here are some pictures of the beautiful decorations in China Town in London this week:

We decided to make some decorations of our own to celebrate the new year in our classroom:

Chinese lanterns:

Folding dragons:

Lucky horseshoes:

Here are our completed decorations. We had a lovely day. We could even smell the tasty egg-fried rice being cooked next door in St. Patrick's Class- we were very jealous!

Dragon's Den!

Source: bbc.co.uk

Last week, we thought up some new inventions for the Doctor to have in his TARDIS. After looking closely at the inside of the TARDIS and labelling what we thought the buttons and levers on the console were for, we thought about what else the Doctor might need in his battle against evil. Each child designed a new invention for the TARDIS, then drew it, explained what it was for and persuaded me- a tricky Dragon to please- to choose their invention for the TARDIS. There were some fabulous ideas and some very persuasive sales people!

Take a look at these excellent ideas:

By Sonny

 

By Leo

By Evelyn

 

 By Luke

Chinese New Year- part 2!

I set you a tricky challenge this week; to use your imagination to present what you have found out about Chinese New Year in an original and interesting way. You amazed me! Here are some super examples of the work St. George's class produced at home over the weekend.

 

 

Take a look at Ella W.'s slideshow:

 

Chinese New Year!

Source: examiner.com

 

 Source: ibtimes.com

Source: globalpost.com

Happy New Year! The year of the snake starts tomorrow. These links might help with your homework; to find out about Chinese New Year. I'm sorry they were not on the blog earlier, as promised, but my computer was not behaving itself!


http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21378306
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/my-favourite-day-chinese-new-year
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/ChineseNewYear.aspx

Enjoy! Gung hay fat choy!