Pupils celebrate Chinese New Year with lantern procession - 24/2/10

Published: 24 February, 2010

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 tiger - one particularly impressive lantern took on the form of the big cat!  Other participants helped the procession on its way with the beat from a number of wooden and metal instruments.