PRE-LESSON ACTIVITIES Our school offers the following extracurricular activities with a rich Chinese cultural theme to enhance the pupils' awareness in the culture. These activities are held from 13:00 to 14:00 prior to the Sunday language lessons and are led by experienced mentors working on a voluntary basis. We are constantly looking for people with the following skills or other related fields, at any level, to help us in running our pre-lesson session. If you are interested, please get in touch with us. :: Lion dance :: The history of lion dance dates back more than a thousand years ago in the Chinese culture. The lion dance team of the Sheffield and District Chinese School is very popular in South Yorkshire as we frequently perform during the annual celebration of Chinese New Year. 
Lion dance performed during the Chinese New Year Celebration in 2005 See here for our lion dance videos.
:: Dragon dance :: Like lion dance, dragon dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture which is often seen during festive celebrations. The dragon dancing teams in our school consist of a boys and a girls team. 
Two Dragons performed during Chinese New Year Parade outside Sheffield Town Hall in 2006 See us in action on our local newspaper The Star ...
:: Folk dance :: Folk dance is another popular activity amongst our pupils. Our folk team was formed in 1998, originally was for our Chinese New Year celebrations. We also performed in various festival organised by Sheffield City Council and other organisations. 
Ribbon dance performed during Chinese New Year Celebration in Sheffield City Hall, 2006
:: Chinese musical instrument :: Although our Chinese musical instrument team, Gu Zheng, was formed recently in 2006, it soon becomes popular amongst our pupils and parents. Gu Zheng duo performed in Sheffield Lord Mayor's Charity Dinner in 2007 and entered the Cultural Performance Competition organised by UK Federation of Chinese School and won the Champion for the Musical Category. 
Gu Zheng students performed in Cultural Performances in Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield. 14 February, 2007
:: Calligraphy :: 
Calligraphy class in progress
:: Mandarin class :: More information to follow soon. :: Chinese chess :: More information to follow soon.
CULTURAL EVENTS :: Chinese New Year 2007 :: The school takes an active part in the Annual Chinese New Year Celebrations organised by the Sheffield Chinese Association and other Chinese organisations. 
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield Jackie Drayton accompanied by our Chairman Hock-Ann Chia DL in Chinese New Year Celebrations 2007 Check out some of our great moments here ...
:: Annual Christmas Party :: 
Christmas party 2007 - our pupils are enjoying the food donated by parents and the party games organised by our teachers
OTHER ACTIVITIES :: Quiz Show :: 
Our school representatives took part in the quiz show organised by The Chinese Channel Limited in 2003 and 2004
:: School Trips :: We usually organised a day trip in May each year for the pupils, parents and teachers to get together. In addition, we have also arranged summer trips abroad every year where places are normally filling fast. 
A lovely day trip to the Science Museum in London 2004
:: Table tennis :: Our table tennis team took part in the UK Federation of Chinese Schools Table Tennis competition since 2004 and we have a very good track record in the competition. 
Winners of the UK Federation Chinese School Table Tennis competition held at English Institute of Sport in Sheffield 2006
:: Sheffield Half-Marathon Great Fun Run :: 
In May 2007, our students and teachers took part in Sheffield Half-Marathon Great Fun Run and funds were raised for charities, please see The Star website or our school report for details. Click here for our photos of the day.
PHOTO GALLERY :: Chinese New Year 2007 :: VIDEO COLLECTION NEW! We have a new video collection on YouTube. |