------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Pearson PASS MATHS editorial http://pass.maths.org.uk NRICH project http://nrich.maths.org.uk email: gmp26@cam.ac.uk (work) mikep@mpea.demon.co.uk (home) tel: 01223 337851 (DAMTP), 01223 335766 (NRICH), 01223 871072 (home) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:00:44 +0800 From: Jenni Way To: Mike Pearson Subject: FW: 5th instalment Here's World of tan for February. I like what Geoff did for January - it gives time for children to visualise where the pieces will go. -- Jenni Way Primary Co-ordinator NRICH Online Maths Club http://nrich.maths.org.uk University of Cambridge School of Education 17 Trumpington Street Cambridge. UK CB2 1QA Tel: +44 (0)1223 330585 Fax: +44 (0)1223 356410 ---------- >From: Lyndon Baker >To: "Jenni Way(c)" >Subject: 5th instalment >Date: Tue, Jan 11, 2000, 6:19 PM > > > > Jenni, > > Fifth instalment...... > > > All is quiet in the removal yard at Granma T's and the storage bays are > safely locked up. However inside the house there is frantic activity. The > children are making new paper pictures of the Kitchen God to stick behind > the cooker. Granma T is cutting out pictures of the Guardian of the Gates > to stick on the doors. > > The reason for all the excitement is that the New Year approaches. > The workmen and Mai Ling have returned home to celebrate this important > occasion with their own families. No business will take place for the rest > of the week and the yard will remain closed. > > The Year of the Dragon approaches, while the Year of the Hare (special for > Little Ming) is closing. The Dragon likes to be left alone, objects to change > and is fond of the night time. At midnight in the dragon light the children > will bow before Granma T and the New Year will be let in with fireworks and > the burning of incense. > > This special week will continue until the Festival of Lanterns, when more > fireworks are set off and lanterns of all shapes and sizes will festoon > the buildings. > > In the meantime: > > Pupils: > > You may like to: > complete the silhouette of a rocket firework using a double tangram (i.e > two sets of the tangram) and go on to use both tangrams to design and colour > a fearsome dragon. > > find out when was the last Year of the Dragon. > discover the animal which represents the year in which you were born and what > your character is supposed to be, based on that animal. > (Do you agree with these ideas about your character? ) > > Parents: > > You may like to help your children find out more about the Chinese New Year. > E.g. > What is the name of the Kitchen God? > What is the story behind the veneration of this god? > What can be found out about the Jade God? > The animals of the Chinese Years fall in a particular order; what is the > story behind the determination of this order? > When did the Chinese accept the Gregorian calendar and why? > > > Teachers: > > You may like to ask the children to: > > instruct a partner orally, using an intervening screen or sitting back to back, > on how to make their dragon designs. > investigate the year 2000 - a Christian festival; but what year is it for other > major religions e.g. Moslem, Jewish, Buddhist and Coptic? > find out what the French revolution has got to do with all of this? > > > > > > > Lyndon BAKER · Consultant > Warden's House · Church Lane · GAMLINGAY · Sandy · Beds · SG19 3EX > > Tel. No. +44 (0) 1 767 651 196 & Fax. No. +44 (0) 1 767 650 020 > Mobile +44 (0) 468 821 042 & Pager No. 0 4 325 359 156 > > > > >