Chinese New Year - January 2025
Lesson: EYFS
Class: Garden Room Year: 2024 - 2025
There are 12 zodiac animals in Chinese astrology and each is associated with one of the five elements - the snake of 2025 is a wood animal, which represents growth, flexibility and tolerance.People born in the year of the snake are said to be resilient and courageous, with strong interpersonal skills and leadership qualities, and the snake is considered to be the most tenacious of the 12 zodiac animals, with some counting people born these years as sinister and intimidating.
At nursery, the children have been celebrating Chinese New Year by engaging in a range of different fun and creative activities. The children have listened to the story of 'The Great Race', this helped then to understand why the years where named after animals. They children have also helped to make spring rolls, tasted a variety of Chinese food, explored chinese number symbols and decorated paper lanterns in the lucky colour, red.
