Thursday the 5th of February 2019 is the start of this years Chinese New Year Celebrations!!

Below are the dates and years for the Chinese New Year Animals, this is great fun for in the classroom why not see if your pupils know what animal they are, but be careful if a birthday falls in January or February it may fall into the previous year!!!

19th Feb 1996  to  6th Feb 1997     RAT

7th Feb 1997  to  27th Jan 1998      OX

28th Jan 1998  to  15th Feb 1999    TIGER

16th Feb 1999  to  4th Feb 2000     RABBIT

5th Feb 2000  to  23rd Jan 2001      DRAGON

24th Jan 2001  to  11th Feb 2002    SNAKE

12th Feb 2002  to  31st Jan 2003     HORSE

1st Feb 2003  to  21st Jan 2004       GOAT/SHEEP

22nd Jan 2004  to  8th Feb 2005     MONKEY

9th Feb 2005  to  28th Jan 2006      CHICKEN/ROOSTER

29th Jan 2006  to 17th Feb 2007     DOG

18th Feb 2007  to  6th Feb 2008     PIG

7th Feb 2008  to  25th Jan 2009      RAT

26th Jan 2009  to  13th Feb 2010    OX

14th Feb 2010  to  2nd Feb 2011    TIGER

3rd Feb 2011  to  22nd Jan 2012     RABBIT

23rd Jan 2012  to  9th Feb 2013     DRAGON

10th Feb 2013 to 31st Jan 2014      SNAKE

31st Jan 2014 to 18th Feb 2015      HORSE

19th Feb 2015 to 7th Feb 2016      GOAT/SHEEP

8th Feb 2016 to 27th Jan 2017       MONKEY

28th Jan 2017 to 15th Feb 2018     ROOSTER

16th Feb 2018 to 4th Feb 2019      DOG

5th Feb 2019 to 24th Jan 2020       PIG

25th Jan 2020 to 11th Feb 2021     RAT