The Year of the Dog

Friends of Rachel Keeling, Step Out Arts came to help us welcome the Chinese New Year in. We welcomed the year of the dog with ribbon dancing, lion dancing and percussion music and we also enjoyed some beautiful Chinese music and handling real Chinese artefacts. It is always a day we look forward to. The children show great interest in the session and are able to sustain concentration. They actively get involved and responded to the music and huge lion with confidence and joy!
We rounded off the day with a procession through the garden with our own smaller lion. The dancing continued throughout the week and children were also involved in making and sharing tea together.