On Friday 27th January, we spent the day celebrating Chinese New Year! We reminded ourselves of the story of the Great Race and explored how Chinese New Year is celebrated. We did lots of activities across the day to help us learn about Chinese culture.
One of our activities was to have a go at writing with a calligraphy brush and ink. We figured out how to write our birthdays in Chinese and then had a go at painting them in a calligraphic style!
We also tried our hand at cooking custard-filled bao buns. As this year is the year of the Rabbit, we had a go at decorating them to look like rabbits! We mixed and kneaded the dough ourselves and then constructed them (which was a bit fiddly!)
We tried them once they had been steamed—they were quite yummy!
We created our very own Terracotta army using clay. We learnt about the discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xian, China in 1974 and how each figure as completely different to each other. We spent a lot of time with the tools to ensure each warrior had its own style!
We also designed and constructed fortune cookies and at the end of the day, Braxton and Harrison handed them out around the school—the staff really enjoyed getting a positive fortune for the new year!
