Students learn about Chinese dragon dance

Year 6 students from Umina Beach Public School were treated to Chinese dragon dance instruction on November 7.

Students from the school's dance groups learnt about the history, purpose and cultural significance behind the Chinese dragon dance, before getting to partake in a dance practice incorporating a dragon, according to principal Ms Lyn Davis.

She said Year 6 students were focusing on a study of Asia in geography and the dragon dance formed a part of the term four creative arts dance unit.

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Newsletter, 12 Nov 2019

Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School