Farewell 2017 and let’s welcome the Year of the Dog. Look, the red lanterns have been raised and the brand-new couplets have been put up. The happiness of the new year has filled up every corner of our campus!
In Chinese Studies classes, Year 3 students learned the tale of New Year’s Eve through watching the video. They also got to know about the traditional Chinese ways of celebrating the New Year by posting the couplets, setting off firecrackers and enjoying the reunion dinner with family members. There is no doubt that the reunion dinner is the highlight of the New Year for every Chinese family. Under the teacher’s instruction, the students began to draw various dishes for the reunion dinner. After that, they became little master chefs and created the dishes with colorful plasticine. Their work included the vivid braised fish in brown sauce which symbolized fortune in the coming year as in Chinses the word “Fish” sounds like “more”. Also, there were delicate dumplings which meant bidding farewell to the old year and greeting the new one. Moreover, the hot pot with a diversity of food in it had the meaning of warmth and prosperity.
In addition, every student took their role to draw the Fu character. Firstly, they drew the image of a dog with colourful pencils and added their favorite colours to enrich their work. After careful cutting, they stuck the character to both sides of a red square lining paper and decorated it with red braids. Then a delicate Fu Character was completed. Children were overwhelmed by the sense of achievement and happiness showed on their faces.
Y3C Co-teacher—Emma CHEN