PYP Celebrating Chinese New Year 2023
At Concordian, we celebrate a diversity of cultures and Chinese New Year is one of the greatest highlights of the year.
In January, the campus was decorated with festive vibes for the year of Rabbit: lanterns, plum blossoms, red couplets, rabbit figures, Concordian dragons in rabbit outfits… Students, parents and teachers were amazed at the decorations and took many beautiful photos for good memories.
The Wishing Tree activity (许愿树) continued to be one of the most popular activities in the lobby. We hope the wishes written on the red paper tags hanging on this beautiful plum blossom tree will come true in the year 2023.
This year we welcomed back Professor and Calligrapher Jia Qing 賈慶 from Ramkhamhaeng University to write blessing words and spring couplets on red paper for all Concordian members. Watching Professor Jia gracefully transform a wish into a piece of art on red paper was a great pleasure.
For children, receiving Hong Bao (red envelopes) is always a favorite activity during the Chinese New Year. We organized five locations for all PYP students to collect Hong Bao with chocolate coins inside. In order to receive a Hong Bao, students greeted the adults with blessing words in Chinese as a traditional custom called "拜年". Something worth mentioning was that this year we designed our own red envelopes with different Concordian dragons on them. It was a good collection indeed!
In the Early Years, students had a chance to participate in station activities led by classroom teachers. Pre-K and K1 had four rotation activities while K2 and K3 had eight stations! Not only were there some traditional games such as Kung Fu Mei Hua Zhuang 功夫梅花桩 and Arrow In The Pot 兔年投壶 but we also had adapted activities for the Rabbit year such as Pass Rabbit 击鼓传兔, Eagle Catching the Rabbit 老鹰 抓小兔, Chinese Zodiac Hopscotch 十二生肖跳房子 Students and teachers had a great time together playing games and celebrating the cultural event.
It was delightful to see students learning the Chinese language and learning about the culture as well. We wish all Concordian members a happy and auspicious Chinese New Year! 祝大家兔年幸福安康，顺心如意！
Ms. Ariel Yu Wang Elementary Principal