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Our Junior School are hosting a special week celebrating Chinese culture to mark the Chinese New Year (23 January 2012). Events will include workshops on traditional dance, ancient art and calligraphy.
The celebration began with a visit from a Chinese dance specialist, Sinman Yue, who ran Chinese dance workshops with students from all age groups. Sinman performed traditional fan and ribbon dancing and then taught the girls the dance of their choice. These sessions were ran alongside poetry, calligraphy lessons
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Deirdre O’Sullivan, Headmistress at the Junior School, commented: “Our week-long celebration of Chinese culture has been inspired by the highly successful introduction of Mandarin as part of the Junior School curriculum. Languages have always been strength at St Mary’s and all our students, from the youngest in Reception to those in Year 6, are enjoying this new experience. Mandarin has proved so popular that we are now also offering introductory Mandarin lessons to our parents, as well.
I hope our week dedicated to celebrating Chinese culture will provide our girls with a variety of hand-on activities, and show them more about this vibrant and historically fascinating country. We are also delighted that some of our Chinese boarders will be cooking traditional food and playing Chinese instruments during the week for the children.”
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