Hello Reception and welcome to today's Literacy session.
Today we are celebrating Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year is on Friday, the 12th February. It is the year of the Ox!
Watch the video of Mrs Malhotra reading the story of The Great Race. This is how the Chinese Zodiac was decided.
Which Chinese Zodiac Year were you born in?
Chinese Writing Task-Your task is to practice writing the names of the animals from the story in Chinese symbols. You can watch the powerpoint to help you with this.
Challenge- To retell the story and put the animals in the correct order from 1st to last. You can use the animal pictures to help you.
There are lots of extra activities for you to have a look at too.
Have fun!