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Junior School Chinese New Year Celebration
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HERE were many fun activities both for junior school and kindy students. Students experienced making onde-onde, lanterns, fish red envelope, writing Chinese letters and ate basket cake. Some parents also joined in and did the activities together with students. Both students and parents were excited and happy making their own versions of lanterns and red envelopes. The Korean Parents Club, together with the Mandarin teachers, exhibited those events at the Batik Studio of SPH Lippo Village. This kind of event was the first time to be held in SPH Lippo Village. Batik Corner was decorated with the Chinese New Year theme, the color red was everywhere and there were two blackboards pinned with posters about the real Chinese New Year tradition. In the Kindy Pod, Kindy students gathered with parents and teachers to celebrate Chinese New Year. Kindy students dressed up in red themed costumes and did activities together such as dancing and singing and also enjoyed fried noodles and cake. Through this event, students learned and experienced various aspects of Chinese culture and traditions. As Christians, we also can learn from Richard Niebuhr's book called Christ and Culture. One of his main points is about Christ transforming culture. People create culture. The sinful nature impacts all aspects of human beings including human culture. The Bible should be the foundation of our point of view, so when we look at things we see it through a Bible perspective. Let our knowledge broaden, let our mind and understanding mature in Christ.