Chinese New Year 2025 - year of the snake
Resources to support teaching and learning about the Chinese New Year 2025, the year of the snake, which starts on 29 January 2025 and lasts until 16 Febrary 2026. The date changes every year as it's decided by the Chinese lunar calendar, which is based on the cycles of the moon and sun and is generally 21–51 days behind the Gregorian (internationally-used) calendar.
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Making a traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument
One of a set of resources from the IET that uses the theme of the Chinese and Lunar New Year to help pupils develop their knowledge and skills in design and technology, and engineering...
Making a fortune cookie
One of a series of resources from the IET that uses the theme of the lunar new year to develop pupils knowledge and skills in design and technology. In this activity children will learn about cutting and folding simple 3D structures to ...
Chinese zodiac code breaker
In this code-breaking activity from the IET, pupils carry out maths calculations to break codes based on the zodiac animals of the Chinese New Year.
The activity could be used as a main lesson activity to reinforce basic...
Chinese zodiac animal wheel
In this activity pupils will learn about cutting and assembling a simple graphic product from a template. Children will cut out the circle templates for the Chinese zodiac animal wheel and also learn about the twelve different animals.
The activity could be used as a main lesson, to teach learners about simple...