As 2018 draws to a close we can look forward to marking both the start of our next calendar year and the Chinese lunar year in 2019.
The excellent resources can be downloaded from here
https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/resource/downloads/year_of_the_pig_education_pack.pdf
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, we enter the year of the pig on February 5th.
In Durham, special celebrations will take place on Saturday 9th February. For full details, see http://www.durhambid.co.uk/events/chinese-new-year-events-durham-city