Dear DBIS community,
We are very excited to be celebrating the 2025 Chinese New Year. This year, we have prepared three days’ worth of events and activities that will take place across the EYFS and Main campuses. Our daily timeline of events is below:
Date: Tuesday 21st January
What to wear: School Uniform
Event: Y1–Y6 classes will be invited to attend the temple fair, where they can experience different kinds of interactive, culture-related activities.
Date: Wednesday 22nd January
What to wear: EYFS students are encouraged to dress in traditional Chinese outfits or red/gold/yellow clothing.
Event: A traditional dragon dance and lion dance performance at our EYFS campus followed by the Temple Fair. The Fortune God will visit each class and give out 红包 （hóngbāo) to our FS-1 and FS-2 students.
Date: Friday 24th January
What to wear: Primary and Secondary students are encouraged to dress in traditional Chinese outfits or red/gold/yellow clothing.
Events:
- A traditional teacher dragon dance will kick-start the day for Primary and Secondary students at our Main Campus.
- Year 7 students will go on a trip to the CNY Flower Market.
Chinese New Year is our most important local festival, celebrating the start of the New Year on the lunar calendar. Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the 1st day until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month. This year, the first day of the Chinese New Year is on Wednesday 29th January, initiating the Year of the Snake.
We wish everyone a year filled with joy and happiness!
xīn nián kuàilè, wànshì rúyì
新 年 快 乐，万 事 如意 !
gōngxǐ Fācái! dàjí dàlì
恭 喜 发 财， 大吉大利!
Warm regards,
Ms Myra Mi
Head of Chinese & Modern Foreign Languages