This week both the Dragonflies and Ladybirds have learned all about Chinese New Year.
We made our own large dragon head after watching lots of traditional Chinese festivals, the children painted, stuck and decorated the dragon. Whilst watching the festivals we noticed the instrument commonly used was drums, so we practised drumming to the beat, making up little rhymes and taking turns to be the conductor being in control of the volume, playing quietly to very loud.
We made our own smaller dragons using different methods to fold paper, the staple was tricky but the children persevered!
On Friday, we used our dragon to create a dragon dance, we looked at different ways to move and used pom poms to create the rest of the body. The children were able to follow the leader and copy the movements as well as using our drumming skills to create a super impressive dragon dance. Finally, we tasted Chinese food; noodles, prawn crackers and different dipping sauces which all got a big thumbs up from Reception.
Take a look at this link to find out more about Chinese New Year: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/chinese-new-year
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