Today we celebrated Chinese New Year in St Clares. We made red and gold lanterns like they do in China, snd enjoyed decorating the classroom with them.These colours mean good fortune and hope in the new year. As it is the year of the dragon, we made dragon masks and a large dragon to dance with.
We also tried writing our numbers using Chinese numbers which was fun!
After lunch we all helped cook a Chinese stir fry with noodles. We also had fortune cookies, which gave us predictions for our lives. They also tasted yummy!
In China it is tradition to visit a temple on New Years. Here people will toss coins at a gong as they make a wish. If the coin hits the gong, the wish comes true. We all had turns throwing coins at the gong and made wishes for the coming year. 
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