Pupils celebrate Chinese New Year with lantern procession - 28/1/09

Published: 28 January, 2009

The Chinese New Year was celebrated in style at Plymouth College with a colourful lantern procession.

 

Made during Art Extra, the after-school art club run by teacher Dana Roberts, the lanterns were made from natural willow and covered in ‘wet strength’ tissue paper.  They were lit with LED lights.

 

Lantern-makers from across the year groups were joined in the procession around the school grounds by Chinese students who were celebrating the year of the ox – one particularly impressive lantern was even shaped as an ox!  Other participants helped the procession on its way with the beat from a number of wooden and metal instruments.