Everything you need to teach Chinese New Year 2027 (Saturday 6 February, the Year of the Goat) to KS1 and KS2 children aged 5 to 11: a 28-slide class slideshow plus 32 printable pages covering reading, RE, maths, language, crafts and puzzles, with answer keys. Dated and written for 2027, in British English.

WHAT’S INSIDE

Class slideshow (PowerPoint, 28 slides)

• When and what Chinese New Year is, who celebrates, the Great Race story, the 12 animals, what’s your animal, the Year of the Goat, getting ready, red for luck, dances, lights and food, the legend of Nian, how to say Happy New Year
• A 6-question quiz with an answer reveal after each question

Printable pack (32 pages, A4 and US Letter)

1. Start here: contents with suggested ages and teaching tips
2. Fact file: 8 key facts for 2027, plus 3 things I learned
3. The Great Race: the zodiac story, retold for children
4. Great Race reading questions (10, KS2)
5. Great Race story order: draw and sequence 6 scenes (KS1)
6. The zodiac wheel: put the 12 animals in race order, with Chinese characters
7. What’s my animal? Birth year table covering children born 2015 to 2023
8. The Year of the Goat: facts, Goat years counting in 12s, good luck sign
9. The legend of Nian with 4 questions
10. Traditions match-up: 8 customs and their meanings
11. Red envelope maths: 10 KS1 problems with coins, adding, subtracting and sharing
12. New Year maths challenge: 10 KS2 problems with money, time and multiples of 12
13. Count to 10 in Chinese: characters, pinyin, tracing grid and number sums
14. Paper lantern template
15. Make a red envelope: 2 templates plus wish slips
16. Good luck door sign to colour and hang
17. Lantern colouring page
18. Happy 2027 bunting (2 pages)
19. New Year cards to colour and write (2 designs)
20. Word search (16 words), word scramble and a DRAGON acrostic poem
21. Two New Years: compare Chinese New Year and 1 January
22. My New Year wishes and how to say Happy New Year
23. New Year Superstar certificate
24. Answer keys for every worksheet and puzzle

WHY YOU’LL LIKE IT

• Made for 2027: the right date, the Year of the Goat and a birth year table for today’s pupils
• KS1 and KS2 in one pack, with pages marked by age
• Links to RE, English, maths, geography and languages
• Respectful and accurate, with a note for teaching it to children who celebrate
• Lots of white space, kind to your printer

WHAT YOU GET

• 2 PDF files: A4 and US Letter (same 32 pages)
• 1 PowerPoint file (.pptx, 28 slides, opens in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides)

HOW IT WORKS

• Present the slideshow on your classroom screen
• Print the pages you need at 100% / actual size, as many times as you like for your own class
• The PDF files and slide designs are not editable.