Chinese workshop at St Richard's

Mrs Boyle offered to come in to the school to lead both a special assembly and workshop to mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit.

The whole of year 8 learned basic Chinese greetings and had insight into the tradition and history during an entertaining assembly.

Afterwards a group of thirty took part in a Chinese workshop and discovered aspects of the culture including calligraphy, food, geography, sport and traditional dress.

There was great enthusiasm among the pupils during the hands-on workshop. Pupils were keen to volunteer to try on some traditional Chinese clothes and compete against each other in a table tennis challenge.

Pupils and staff thank Mrs Boyle for sharing her knowledge, and a year 8 pupil who took part in the workshop said: “It was really interesting and fun. I especially enjoyed finding out about Chinese clothes and writing the language.”