Crackley Celebrates Chinese New Year

The Chinese year of the Dragon began on Saturday 10 February. The dragon is many Chinese people's favourite animal from their Zodiac of 12 different animals with many believing that people born in the year of the Dragon share common characteristics, such as: passionate, honest, brave and soft-hearted, but somewhat stubborn, very healthy and energetic, intelligent, gifted and a perfectionist.

As well as finding out about the dragon, pupils in Key Stage 2 also compared Chinese and British culture and discovered there are lots of similarities to how they celebrate the New Year. For example, both the Chinese and British do lots of food shopping and cooking before the festivals and family is important in both cultures.

Crackley Hall wishes everyone good health, happiness, peace and prosperity for the year of the Dragon!