Events

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2026

Chinese New Year in Worcester has become a much-loved favourite in the city’s annual events calendar due to its combination of cultural, fun-filled activities, musical performances and Chinese traditions. Visitors love the spectacle, noise and drama of the lion dance, the opportunities for creativity through calligraphy and painting and the calming tradition of the tea ceremony. There is so much to enjoy for people of all ages. Save the date in your diary and join us for the New Year celebrations as we enter the Year of the Horse, Sunday 22 February 2026. A great day out and brilliant for families during half term!

If you would like to make a donation towards the cost of the event, please visit our event Justgiving page We really appreciate your support.

35 Engage with China Scholars have travelled to China to take up their scholarships at boarding schools in China and are settling in well. Our recent ‘Good Cop Bad Cop’ global Model UN Conference 2025 was both exciting and energising for 14-18 year old pupils from around the world. Registration is open now for 2026. and bookings are available for our curriculum enrichment China Challenge Days. Read on!

Model UN Conference 2025

Join 25+ schools to participate in our unique global MUN enabling young people to debate with peers about the critical issue of our times, climate change. Our Good Cop Bad Cop Model UN takes place online on Friday 28 February 2025 at 1000 – 1400 GMT in partnership with our Host School, King’s Macclesfield. “The high-calibre debate, negotiating with peers from around the world dialling in across multiple time-zones and speaking in English, is exceptional,” said one of our former Conference President. Good Cop has become a regular calendar fixture for many participating schools from the UK, China, Latin America, Africa and beyond. Register here or download the form below:

Cultural Curriculum Enrichment

Let us support you to serve up Chinese culture in your school through our China Challenge Days. Suitable for primary and secondary schools these in-classroom teaching days build curiosity and understanding of China through interactive discovery of its history, diversity, language, culture and people. Invite us in today! Special offer of 15 Chinese New Year activity books for KS2 absolutely free when booking a date with us before the end of this academic year.

Choose from our range of China Challenge Days aimed at different key stages with themes on offer including the First emperor (Terracotta Emperor), the Warrior Queen Fu Hao (fits perfectly with Shang Dynasty KS2), CommodiTEA (focusing on tea cultures, maritime trade, innovation and porcelain, cultural differences), Well-being Yin-Yang style (looking at identity, kindness, attititudes and cultures) language, calligraphy and much more! Register your interest today!

EwC A-Level Scholarship Programe in China trebles in size

Our flagship scholarship program has almost trebled in size and the 2024 EwC scholar have started their new boarding school life in China, thanks to our partnership with Wycombe Abbey International Schools in Changzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing. We know that they are really excited about the future – and so are the teachers who gave them all a fabulous welcome at the start of term. They enjoyed a weekend of cultural excursions over the Mid-Autumn Festival and are getting used to Chinese food in the canteen as well as on outings! A huge congratulations to all of our Scholars and we wish them every success as they settle in. Registrations for 2025 will open in the New Year so keep checking back here for details.

Our inaugural 10 Engage with China Scholars settled in really well to their 2-year A-level studies in China. EwC was delighted to receive applications in the spring to take up this once-in-a-lifetime scholarship opportunity thanks to a partnership with Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou, China. Interviews for the shortlisted candidates took place at the end of July 2023 and the lucky winners travelled to China on 28 August. None of them had been to boarding school and two have never studied mandarin. They are benefitting from a world-class education with wrap-around options extras including music, rowing, basketball, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, cultural trips to Shanghai, Hangzhou and other famous places and, of course, building their cultural and mandarin skills. Some even travelled to compete in the schools’ Henley Regatta in June.

I wake up every day with a smile on my face!

Michael S, 2023-25 EwC Scholar

The Scholarship programme has been a huge success giving the school an international flavour whilst benefitting the Scholars on so many levels from an immersive cultural experience, access to 30+ A-level options, extra curricular activities and mandarin learning. The applications process will open in late February 2024 for the September intake. This year up to 30 scholars will be able to benefit from this life-changing programme, enabling pupils to study at Wycombe Abbey Schools in Changzhou, Hangzhou or Nanjing. Online interviews will take place in March. Find out more

You have given my son his dream! Thank you so much!

Jen S, Scholar’s Mum

Due to its size, scale, strategic vision & capabilities, whatever China does will have an impact on the world in terms of climate change, supply chains, technological advance & access to global resources. Additionally, we know that young people in the UK today are disadvantaged in cultural know-how when compared to their Chinese peer group. When knowledge means power and ultimately access to jobs, we fill a gap in vital 21st century learning by delivering the building blocks to create a ‘China-literate’ generation. Rich in mystery, world-changing innovations, cuisine, history, culture, diversity and resilience, China offers so much that will intrigue young learners, build their global outlook, foster tolerance and challenge perspectives. Our programmes are designed for curriculum enrichment and we offer off-timetable ‘China Challenge Days’ for whole year groups. We take pupils on a journey of discovery about China sewing seeds of curiosity about the nation that is impacting the modern world the most. Pupils access knowledge about China whilst making connections across multiple curriculum subjects, including history, language, politics, geography, maths and science.

Scroll through a sample of options below or speak to us about a possible ‘a la carte’ day:

Read about our recent DIALOGUE WITH THE AMBASSADOR Networking event, and what he encouraged all UK pupils to discover about China

Engage with China’s off-timetable curriculum enrichment programmes are available across the key stages covering themes from global sustainability goals, society, innovation, geography, history and wellbeing/PSHE.

Find out more or invite us into your school today here