Numicon dragons for Lunar New Year

This PowerPoint describes how Chinese New Year is celebrated.

New years resolution sheets to encourage children to make themselves targets and set goals for 2016. There are 2 different sheets one reads 'This year I will' and the other 'My New Years resolution is' and each comes with a thin and wide lined option depending on ability and writing style of the children. These are great for PSED, SEAL and citizenship work and make a great display!

I often use this assembly for the first assembly of the new academic year. In the first section of the assembly I talk about how this is the 'first day a new journey'. How students can remodel them self if they would like to this year of continue the good work from the previous year or years. I then talk about the basic expectations of the year. Uniform expectations, behavioral expectations and such like. The final section of the assembly is a practical that students really love but takes some preparation. One a table at the front of the assembly hall I sit a bowl of sweets on a table. I also selotape a spoon to a meter long ruler to create a meter long spoon! You will need two of these. I ask for two volunteers to come out and hand them a meter long spoon each. I tell the volunteers that they have 1 minute to eat as many sweets as possible however, there is one condition. They can only hold the meter long spoon by then end. The only way that they will be able to eat the sweets is to feed each other. Once the demonstration is done I talk to the year group about how this is an example of being a team and that at school we have to help each other to make sure we succeed. I use the acronym to finish the assembly: T - together E - everyone A - acheives M - more

A Powerpoint presentation showing the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac, their names in Spanish and a table in the last slide for pupils to see which animal they are according to their year of birth. Could also be printed and used as flashcards. Suitable for Primary and early Secondary.

This assembly powerpoint takes a twist on the idea of setting a new years resolution, by hanging on to the idea that everybody wants to be successful. It then looks at what successful people do to ensure they are successful with school based examples that students can relate to. If students haven't mad new years resolutions this assembly will inspire them to and if they have then it may give them some more to work towards. This assembly lasted 15 minutes and went down well with the students.

Create a lantern signifying the first full moon in the Chinese New Year.

A fun song written for a Reception class to be performed with actions and instruments to enhance their assembly about ‘Chinese New Year.’ but it would be suitable for the whole of KS1. The actions are contained in the lyrics of the song and tuned percussion were used to create melodic ostinati. The children really loved creating a fan dance to the backing track in between the two verses.

Happy New Year Poem This is a “Happy New Year” poem that you can use with your students to help ring in 2022! I like to write the poem on chart paper for my students and give them a copy to read in their reading binder. For distance learning you can share your screen with your students and read together. I like to have my students find letters, words, and punctuation in the poem.

A PowerPoint that explains what a New Years Resolution is leading up to making a New Years Resolution card - with 4 sections: 'Myself, School, My Family and The World' - it includes lots of ideas of New Years Resolutions - All supported with Widget Symbols

An image of children holding hands around the world. Could be used as a starting point for similarities and differences; cultural, or new year discussions

My Weekend News teaching pack! This complete set helps support children to write a recount about what they have done at the weekend. 26 new cards are included with weekend specific vocabulary to encourage a more detailed recount. A useful set of seven differentiated writing templates will help your children to write about their weekend. I use this set as both a speaking and listening activity and as an independent writing task. They work perfectly as Monday morning ‘News Writing’ learning area in Early Years and Key Stage One. This pack includes: 7 differentiated writing frame worksheets 5 exclusive talk frames 18 noun (who) cards 18 verb (doing) cards 36 noun (what) cards 9 noun (where) cards 12 adverbs and preposition cards 9 adjective cards 9 conjunction cards Additional prepositions, adverbials, adjectives and conjunctions can be found in this pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colourful-semantics-adverbs-adjectives-conjunctions-and-negatives-12263900 This pack is designed to work alongside the Semantics starter pack, available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colourful-semantics-starter-pack-12121851

Flashcards about the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac

This can be used as an assembly for Primary aged children. It celebrates weird and wonderful traditions around the world for seeing in the new year. It has a youtube link for the fireworks displays from around the world, that can be played when children are entering the assembly. It then discusses the fireworks display in London 2023 and some of its meaning. The Powerpoint has different discussion points and is very relevant and up to date. It then touches on the importance of the song, Auld Lang Syne, on New Year’s Eve and has a link to a beautiful version of the song for children to leave assembly to. This can be easily adapted for whole school or individual class lessons.

Fun lettering for displays. Includes lower and uppercase letters, exclamation marks, full stops and question marks! Print as many copies as you need, laminate for long term durability! Font is a PRINT.

Simple sorting activity featuring the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Could be used as an independent activity or with a small group. Sort the animals by the number of legs.

Looking for some Chinese New Year Writing that your students can do? Here's a set of 10 writing activities to add to your study of the Chinese New Year! Included in this set: • Two Scrambled Sentences: Unscramble the words and write the sentence correctly • Zodiac Animals: Write about which animal you would want to be • My Lantern: Decorate the lantern and write about it • Same & Different: Write about you and children in China are the same and different • Tree Map: Firecrackers--are, can, have • Labeling: Label the parts of a dragon • Three misc. writing pages

Bundle contains: EYFS Linked concept map of activities to help celebrate Chinese New Year Number cards with 0-10 in Mandarin Alphabet cards with Mandarin characters on7 Traditional Chinese game Cat chases Mouse rules Baked Spring Rolls recipe booklet Chinese words eg. Happy new year, happiness, friendship

New Years Word Search: This also doubles as a coloring sheet!. The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Balloons ♦ Calendar ♦ Confetti ♦ Fireworks ♦ Horn ♦ Hourglass ♦ Midnight ♦ Music ♦ Noisemaker ♦ Party ♦ Party Hat ♦ Sparkler

Chinese New Year: This Chinese New Year word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see each animal of the zodiac for the Chinese New Year. The dates for each animal is also included and range from 1969 to 2051. The Solution to the puzzle is included. This Chinese New Year Word Search/ Coloring Book contains the following terms: ♦ Monkey ♦ Rooster ♦ Dog ♦ Pig ♦ Rat ♦ Ox ♦ Tiger ♦ Rabbit ♦ Dragon ♦ Snake ♦ Horse ♦ Sheep Thank you to Messare Clips and Design who provided the images