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photographs by Frank Noon
On Thursday 7th February, Simon Hughes MP visited Charles Dickens Primary School as we prepared for Chinese New Year in partnership with The British Council. All the children loved showing him their Chinese-style paintings, Chinese writing, clay models of the Terracotta Army and paper dragons. At one point Mr Hughes was handed some chopsticks by a child in a reception class with the hope that he might stay for the rest of the day!
We hope Mr Hughes enjoyed the visit as much as we did!
The visit coincided with the launching of British Council teaching resources ‘Snakes and Dragons’ to support learning about Chinese Culture and language. All the classrooms have been trialing resources from the pack, much to the delight of pupils and teachers alike, as classrooms began to fill with red lanterns, dragons, blossom pictures, Mandarin writing and tales from China’s rich cultural history.