Other Cultures

This week we have been learning about other cultures.We were very lucky to have two members of a Chinese cultural dance group come to Sunnyhills School on Friday and teach us a cultural dance using red cloths attached to chopsticks.

The Buddist Temple

Last week Room 10 went with the other Junior classes to visit the Buddhist temple. The people there taught us about the 3G's and 4G's.
It was a beautiful place to visit. 

Team 10 loved making lotus flowers, washing the buddha and most of all the bus ride there! We are such lucky children at Sunnyhills School.

A huge thank you to all the helpers who came and helped us out on the day!  We couldn't have done it without you!

Rona and the Moon

This week we read the story 'Rona and the Moon' it was a free book given to us by Kellogg’s Books for Active Minds Programme. We really enjoyed the story and decided to draw our own version of 'Rona and the Moon'.

Happy Chinese New Year

Guònián hǎo! Happy New Year.

On Thursday a parent gave Mrs Turner a Lion costume to bring to school.

We talked about the Chinese New Year and how people celebrate it.

We learnt that people give gifts of money in red envelopes. The red envelope is for good luck.
We learnt that lanterns are lit and displayed.
We learnt that people do a Lion Dance and the lion follows a gold ball. This is to scare away the evil spirits and bad luck for the year.
Then we had a look at a Lion Dance and listened to the music.

We took turns to try on the Lion costume and do our own Lion Dance to the music.
It was lots of fun.

Then we made Lanterns in the classroom. 

We were very clever as it was a bit tricky to cut up to nearly the top of the lantern and then fold it over and staple on the handles. 

But we were patient and we succeeded.