Issue 5 - April 2011 - Ampleforth College
Issue 5 - April 2011 - Ampleforth College
Issue 5 - April 2011 - Ampleforth College
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Chinese<br />
New Year<br />
Chinese New Year was celebrated by both<br />
the Boarders and the Pre-Prep in February.<br />
The Reception Class learnt the art of paper<br />
folding to make Chinese dancing dragons<br />
and even tried to eat their morning break<br />
using chopsticks! Year 1 learnt how to say<br />
Happy New Year in Chinese, learnt about<br />
some of the customs and enjoyed a<br />
Chinese tea party. The Boarders<br />
celebrated with a supper on Sunday night.<br />
Gap students, Chris and Katie, bravely<br />
donned Chinese robes to join in the fun:<br />
“We ate lots of Chinese food using<br />
chopsticks. Most of the people didn't know<br />
Pre-Prep<br />
Dinosaur Workshop<br />
Steve Plater from Dino-Star, the Dinosaur<br />
Experience in Hull, came to the Pre-Prep<br />
to lead a Dinosaur workshop on Friday 4th<br />
February. It was a great success and the<br />
children were very excited to be able to<br />
examine all his treasures closely. Steve<br />
showed the children real dinosaur claws.<br />
Nico correctly guessed which one<br />
belonged to the T-Rex. The biggest claw<br />
belonged to a Camasorous. The Allosaur<br />
skull was the most popular exhibit and Tom<br />
put his head inside its jaw! Kitty counted<br />
63 teeth. Steve explained that they were<br />
all different sizes because when a dinosaur<br />
tooth falls out another grows in its place so<br />
all the teeth were of different ages. In the<br />
second workshop the children made their<br />
own cast of a fossil (trilobites and small<br />
ammonites) by pressing it into plasticine<br />
and seeing it filled with plaster of paris. The<br />
how to use chopsticks, but the Chinese<br />
pupils helped them. Even so, Elena<br />
(Spanish) tried to do it by using an elastic<br />
band around her sticks! It's now the Year of<br />
the Rabbit, so this will bring a lot of peace<br />
and not really bad behaviour. Happy<br />
Chinese New Year!” (Rex Lei, Year 6).<br />
children also learnt how to make rubbings<br />
of these fossils. Finally Year 2, Year 1 and<br />
the Reception Class were divided into<br />
groups to search for their own fossils using<br />
paintbrushes in a sandbox. They were<br />
allowed to take home any they found. It<br />
was a wonderful experience for the<br />
children, who now have even more<br />
knowledge about their favourite subject!<br />
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CHINESE NEW YEAR AND PRE-PREP DINOSAUR WORKSHOP
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