Reception children listened to the story ‘The Great Race’ and how the Chinese New Year began, involving so many different animals. We looked at this year’s animal (pig) and also the animal that was celebrated the year the children were born.
The children had great fun retelling the story ‘The Great Race’ through drama and using props of each animal and the Jade Emperor. The children were great at representing the different ways the animals travelled from one side of the river to the other side of the river.
The children were then shown a video clip of people celebrating Chinese New Year which then prompted us all to dress up as a dragon (a large dragon mask and a very long sheet), moving gracefully around the hall as one large long dragon!
After fun in the hall, the children had the opportunity to decorate Chinese flags, cut and make Chinese lanterns and even their very own mini puppet dragons.
The children had great fun retelling the story ‘The Great Race’ through drama and using props of each animal and the Jade Emperor. The children were great at representing the different ways the animals travelled from one side of the river to the other side of the river.
The children were then shown a video clip of people celebrating Chinese New Year which then prompted us all to dress up as a dragon (a large dragon mask and a very long sheet), moving gracefully around the hall as one large long dragon!
After fun in the hall, the children had the opportunity to decorate Chinese flags, cut and make Chinese lanterns and even their very own mini puppet dragons.
