On Sunday 22nd January 2023, Chinese New Year had begun and it lasts for 15 days, until Sunday 5th February 2023. At St Aidan’s we learnt lots about the Chinese culture and what happens during the new year. We learnt that children wake up to find red envelopes filled with money and sweets under their pillows left by their parents or grandparents and people wear brand new clothes on the new year. Red is a very popular colour for clothing as it is considered lucky.
We spent the Friday afternoon with an arts and crafts session where each year group created different artworks such as making Chinese fans, paper lanterns, Year of the Rabbit art piece, lucky trees, lantern collage and using handprints to create dragons. They all looked amazing!
