Chinese New Year and Total Defence day will be celebrated in the school on 12 February 2010. I'm sure all of you are excited and looking forward to that date.
Please practise singing the Total Defence day and Chinese New Year songs at home. Also, practise the dance steps of the Chinese New Year songs too. We shall all perform as a school on that day. I'm sure you will have lots of fun practising the dance. You can involve your parents, siblings and even grandparents in practising for it. By the way, your grandparents are invited for the celebrations in school. You would have received a letter today about it. Who knows, your grandparent might be the best performer of the dance on that day!
Click on the link on the right to access Endeavour Primary's music blog for the lyrics, audio clip and video clips of the songs.
Why is total defence day commemorated near Chinese new year ?
ReplyDeleteTotal Defence Day is celebrated annually on February 15 in Singapore to commemorate the anniversary of the surrender of the British to the Japanese on February 15, 1942. This year, Chinese New Year happened to fall on 14 and 15 February, same as in 1942, when the Japanese surrendered on Chinese New Year. Therefore, the school decided to hold a joint celebration of both events to mark the celebration of Chinese New Year on the day of the surrender.
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