GETTING to grips with noodles was just one of the fun events mounted at Toad Hall Nursery, Haslemere, to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Team leader Tasha Carter said: “The pre-school room Owls have been learning about the Chinese New Year.

“We turned our role play area into a Chinese restaurant and added lots of resources for the children to explore.

“We cooked some noodles to serve to each other, and we had fun using chopsticks.

“We have been talking about the traditions of Chinese New Year and practised doing some Chinese writing.

“We have also been doing chopstick painting and drawing pictures of pigs, too.”

2019 is the Year of the Pig. According to folklore, it is the last of the zodiac animals after oversleeping and arriving late to the great

meeting to which all of the creatures were summoned by the Jade Empreror.

People born in one of the years of the pig – most recently 2007 – are said to be realistic and retiring in nature.

Frugal with money and motivated by aquisition, they enjoy life and are not afraid to treat themselves.