Chinese New Year
Aaryan Amar, Year 6
For centuries people have celebrated Chinese New Year
and on January 30, 2014 Beacon Academy honoured the
event. Elegant red decoration danced across the halls of
Beacon Academy and made all the teachers and students
feel the Chinese New Year spirit.
“I really like the decoration because it represents the
Chinese culture,” said Year 6 student, Angie.
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The lights shone bright in Beacon Academy’s gym as Mr.
Adit and Ms. Dipa got the students even more excited
about the celebration. In the beginning of the event,
some students of Years Seven and Eight presented the
history and the rituals of Chinese New Year.
“I learnt something new that I never knew before about
the traditions of Chinese New Year,” said School Captain,
Esperanza. The remarkable celebration was organised by
the Chinese New Year team.
Then, the music began to play. Students started to cheer
and three lions appeared - one yellow, one orange, and
one white, each one with unbelievable details on the
costumes! Students kept on cheering during the lion
dance, which is a traditional Chinese dance.
But the event was not over yet, as the Mandarin students
from different year levels performed. “All the dancers
were so graceful, and shone bright in their colourful
clothes and all the singers sang melodiously,” said Zubin
Amar, Year 6 Student.
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Beacon Academy’s Chinese New Year celebration
continued with students from the four houses playing two
fun traditional Chinese games that brought out more
cheers from everyone.
After a splendid morning celebrating the muchanticipated event: Chinese New Year, the students exited
with red envelops, which symbolise good luck. The 2014
Chinese New Year Celebration was a great celebration
because students and teachers experienced the fantastic
and interesting Chinese culture, which has made all of us
here at Beacon Academy more internationally minded.
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