Students on the Mandarin Excellence Programme at Melbourn Village College took part in a celebration of Chinese New Year as a reward for their dedication to learning Chinese.

The Chung Ching dance group visited the school and performed the Lion Dance - a traditional Chinese dance to bring good luck, accompanied by a drum and cymbals.

Headteacher Christopher Bennet took part in the lion awakening ritual, and the lion gave out red envelopes to randomly selected students.

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The students then fed the envelopes into the lion's mouth for good luck in the year ahead, and the lion gave out mandarin oranges to the crowd.

Head of languages Frank Fan said: "Our Mandarin team have done a great job and made this event extremely successful."