Chinese New Year Celebration 2016
Chinese New Year is right around the corner and celebrations were held in the school on Friday to welcome the year of the Monkey. Many students looked forward to this event as not only were they excused from lessons, but they also had the opportunity to spend time and bond with their classmates.
The highlight of the celebrations would be the Lo Hei, (which is Cantonese for “tossing luck”), where people would gather around to toss the Yu Sheng (A type of raw fish salad). Our Saints definitely had a lot of fun tossing the salad with their classmates and teachers and shouting the auspicious sayings.
The activity following this was hamper wrapping where our Saints contributed various types of foods and worked with their classes to wrap their hampers that were to be given to needy families. It was heartwarming to see that even during the festivities and the celebrations, our Saints did not forget those who were in need and actively contributed items to the hampers.
The last activity was the Chinese New Year quiz at the hall. The classes competed to answer as many questions correctly as possible. The CTs of the top 3 classes were invited on stage to compete in a mandarin orange peeling contest. It was most definitely an exciting and enriching session and our Saints were able to learn more about Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year celebration this year was most definitely an enjoyable one. We hope that our Saints will rest well and spend quality time with their families during the Chinese New Year holiday. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
Done by: Quek Ser Han 15S01