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Chinese New Year activities for KS1-KS2

Key Stage

KS1, KS2

Age

Years 1-6

The Chinese New Year is a wonderful event for inspiring creative lesson activities. You’ll also get a great opportunity to explore influences from another culture with your children.

This download contains the following four activity sheets:

Dragon dancing

Combine art, dance and music to create dragon costumes and perform a dragon dance as a class.

Great Wall of China

Take your class on a ‘wall walk’ around school, documenting all the walls you find, then build your own from your chosen materials.

Inventive China

Learn all about the Chinese invention of kites and make your own from plastic bags and BBQ skewers.

Animals of China

Research giant pandas and create fact files about these splendid creatures.


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