Pupils sing in the Chinese new year
Tytherington School youngsters perform in Macclesfield town centre
STUDENTS braved the wind and rain to serenade visitors to Macclesfield town centre and celebrate Chinese New Year.
The Year of the Tiger began this week and youngsters from Tytherington School, in Cheshire, were at the Market Place on Saturday.
The year eights are among those learning Mandarin and sang a selection of Chinese songs.
A parade that had been planned was cancelled because of the weather but upon arrival students decided to press on with the performance.
It included five songs, including one called Gongxi, Gongxi, which translates to ‘Greetings, Greetings’ and is traditionally sung at Chinese New Year.
Pupil Ben Thomas said: “I really enjoy learning Mandarin because of the unique opportunity it provides to learn this totally new language.
“Some aspects are challenging, my parents can’t help me with my homework and the volume of work is quite hard to juggle, but that has taught me to be very organised.”
Recent tests have shown progress in Mandarin at the school is above the national average.
