CNY Digital Animation: Celebrating Heritage Through Motion

Chinese New Year traditions continue to evolve as students find new ways to express culture and identity. CNY Digital Animation: Celebrating Heritage Through Motion invites students to reinterpret familiar festive themes through digital animation and stop motion storytelling. Delivered under Media Arts and Visual Arts, this programme blends cultural understanding with modern creative skills.

Reimagining Chinese New Year Through Digital Storytelling

Students explore how stories of Chinese New Year can be told visually through movement, sequencing and imagery. Using guided prompts and examples, they learn how traditions such as family reunion and festive rituals can be translated into animated narratives that feel both meaningful and contemporary.

Themes explored include:

• Family reunion and togetherness

• Zodiac animals and their symbolic meanings

• Festive foods and preparation rituals

• Lion dance inspired motion sequences

• Chinese values expressed through visual storytelling
  

Learning Animation Through Structure and Creativity

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of animation in a clear and age appropriate way. They learn how planning and sequencing are essential to telling a story through motion.

Stop Motion and Digital Animation Basics

Students explore frame by frame movement using simple tools and materials. This helps them understand how still images create the illusion of motion.

Visual Planning and Storyboarding

Before animating, students plan their stories using basic storyboards. This strengthens organisation skills and helps students think through narrative flow and visual clarity.

Building 21st Century Competencies Through Arts

Animation naturally develops important competencies beyond artistic skill. Students practise creative expression while building digital literacy and communication skills.

Through the programme students develop:

• Creative confidence and visual expression

• Digital literacy through guided use of animation tools

• Planning and sequencing skills

• Collaboration and shared decision making

• Clear communication of ideas through visuals

  
  

These skills support both Media Arts learning and wider academic development.

Supporting Curriculum and Cultural Education Goals

This campaign aligns with LLP Art outcomes and CCE themes related to identity and culture. It provides schools with a meaningful way to celebrate Chinese New Year while supporting structured learning. The programme is suitable for upper primary and secondary students and can be adapted for festive showcases or classroom enrichment.

Teachers value how the programme balances cultural appreciation with modern digital practices in a way that engages students deeply. Why Schools Choose This Programme

• Integrates culture with digital media skills

• Supports creative expression and digital literacy

• Suitable for festive Term 1 engagements

• Age appropriate for upper primary and secondary levels

• Aligned with arts education and values learning

Bring Chinese New Year stories to life through animation. Enquire about the CNY Digital Animation programme today.