Before the Chinese New Year holidays, the Language Department spent a week focusing on the cultural aspects that go along with the languages that students learn. In order to create a joyful and interesting atmosphere, the Department selected ‘Celebration’ as the theme for the Language Week. Many students enjoyed this delightful week by participating in a variety of games and by learning some daily phrases in different languages from countries such as Japan, China, Spain and France.
- Chinese
- Tou Hu’ Game: ‘Tou Hu’ is an ancient Chinese game. Attendants need to throw arrows into the pitch pot. The more arrows that are thrown into the pitch pot, the higher the chance to win the game.
- Grasshopper Making with a Leaf: A workshop was given by a teacher to show the techniques of grasshopper making.
- New Year’s Parade: To celebrate the Chinese New Year, they organized a ‘New Year’s Parade’. Students dressed in the Chinese traditional costumes and blessed all teachers and students by giving out red packets containing. chocolates.
- Japanese
- Japanese Jenga: They introduced a very popular game ‘Japanese Jenga’ to our students. They really enjoyed hitting the Japanese Jenga from the bottom to the top.
- Wish Making: Students wrote down words of blessing in different languages and made wishes in the Japanese traditional way. It showed sincerity from students.
- Spanish
- Baby Jumping: In the Spanish culture, ‘baby jumping’ is a fun way to present blessing to all new born babies. Since we didn’t have real babies in the school, the students were asked to experience this culture by jumping over their ‘baby dolls'.
- Piñata: Piñata is a game we play in our school annually. Students were all excited to get candy and enjoyed this fun activity.
- French
- Petanque: In this French game, students could win the game by getting the ball closest to the target. Students had a lot of fun playing this game with the French teachers.
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