Chinese celebrations

Fancy being called a rat? Well, any baby born this year will be – it’s Chinese Year of the Rat! To celebrate the Chinese New Year and to welcome Yimin Shi from Beijing, our Languages Team hosted our very own Chinese Day on 1st February. Yimin, who joined us in October courtesy of the British Council Chinese assistants programme, is teaching Chinese Mandarin to every Year 7 class once a week throughout the Spring Term. The Chinese Centre of Brighton and Hove sent us 14 tutors who lead a carousel of cross-curricular activities for our Year 7 students.

From Chinese singing & dancing to martial arts, calligraphy, using chopsticks and discovering Chinese history & culture, the day was an exciting, eye - opening learning experience! Hove Park says Xie-xie (thank you) to Yimin Shi, The Chinese Centre and Miss Bailey for all their hard work in organising this outstanding event.