Chinese style New Year Party

Have not written anything for a while have been burning the candle at both ends so to speak with the AQA online examination marking and school work and preparation for the exhibition and usual teaching.

 

We had the Staff Chinese New Year Party yesterday evening a little early but as we break up for the celebrations on Wednesday it was the right time.

 

Chinese office staff organised it and although it was a little unusual by western standards it was an enjoyable evening and ran from 6.15-9.45 and was an evening of staff entertainment, games and gift giving.

 

Each department had to do an act or turn in the aprty and the Visual and Performign Arts deparment did a dance and singing to "We go together" last song from Grease............was interesting to say the least lol

 

 

 

The Drama studio was turned into the entertainments venue

 

 

The Music department turned into a dining room

 



 

Michael (Acting Principal) excitedly awaiting his turn with the office staff to perform a Chinese dance about Cats and Mice

 

Rebecca the Drama Teacher and from South Wales with Alan (College Counsellor) being the MC's for the night in Chinese and English

 



 

The chinese staff doing the Rabbit dance

 

Office staff plus Michael doing their Cat and Mouse dance plus others brought onto the floor (Krisitn and mike)

 

English Department doing their unbrella dance

 

As it was to celebrate Chinese New Year everyone had to leave with a gift and if you did not win one fo the top three prizes you still ahd a gift of a kettle.  May sound rather random but I was very pelased with my kettle as I needed a new one for the apartment and had been thinking of getting a new one so aI was very pelased with my gift.

 

A good time was had by all and I returned to the apartment and turned down an evening at Wawa's (sad face) to mark.......remearkbale will power I have.  Never mind will make up for it at the Intercontinental brunch on Sunday morning with champagne with Colin :-)