Sidcot Junior School’s J5 pupils delighted bumper audiences at Bristol Museum yesterday as they performed a traditional Chinese New Year song in Mandarin.
The vibrant production celebrated cultural diversity, resilience (as pupils have been rehearsing for months!), and the power of young voices, values that sit at the heart of the Sidcot School community.
Led by their specialist Mandarin teacher, Ms Brooks, and their J5 teacher, Miss Schools, the pupils made a wonderful sight in their bespoke outfits, dancing and singing in the main entrance exhibition space at Bristol Museum. Their song ‘Xin Nian Yi Ya Hei’ was intended to wish all Lunar New Year celebrants a Happy Year of the Horse – a zodiac cycle particularly aligned to the School, which has its own equestrian centre at the heart of its site.
Audience members were full of praise for the performance, with one Chinese member commenting:
Sidcot was also grateful to all families who joined them for calligraphy practice and colouring sessions on their stand at the event, which saw queues around the block throughout the day, and a one-in, one-out system implemented.
