0:48:02 > 0:48:04ALARM RINGS
0:48:04 > 0:48:07# Rise and shine
0:48:07 > 0:48:09# A new day
0:48:09 > 0:48:11# Time for fun
0:48:11 > 0:48:12THEY GIGGLE
0:48:12 > 0:48:15# School today
0:48:15 > 0:48:17# Meet new friends
0:48:17 > 0:48:20# Teachers too
0:48:20 > 0:48:22# Ding-ding-ding! School bell rings
0:48:22 > 0:48:24# Time for school. #
0:48:27 > 0:48:30It's almost Christmas.
0:48:31 > 0:48:32Come on in.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37And at Mere Green School, Jacob's in a hurry.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Ameelie and Jack are very excited.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Who's that wearing reindeer antlers?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49It's Toby and Danielle.
0:48:50 > 0:48:55Siam is going to help Mrs Cartmell decorate the class Christmas tree.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59Ooo, tinsel. That will look great, Ruby.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05There's a lot on the top. We need some round the bottom.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09- Yeah, round the bottom. - Maybe that... Oh! Hang on.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11These are halos.
0:49:12 > 0:49:13Look!
0:49:17 > 0:49:20That's nice. Lovely!
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Now where are we going to put it?
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Very Christmassy.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Miss Mills' class is going to sing at the big school Nativity play.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43The play celebrates the birth of baby Jesus.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45It's a very special story.
0:49:45 > 0:49:50We are going to sing a song called Little Donkey.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51And do you know,
0:49:51 > 0:49:53it is so sweet.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58Mr Watts checks how well the children know the song.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- Let's try from the beginning.- OK.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04# Little donkey
0:50:04 > 0:50:07# Little donkey
0:50:07 > 0:50:11# On the dusty road. #
0:50:11 > 0:50:15Who feels really confident they could stand up and sing it to me
0:50:15 > 0:50:16on their own now?
0:50:16 > 0:50:18- Me! Me!- Up you get.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Evie wants to give it a go.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22# Little donkey
0:50:23 > 0:50:26# Little donkey
0:50:26 > 0:50:31# On the dusty road. #
0:50:31 > 0:50:35- Well done. - A big round of applause. Well done.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39Now, the next line goes like this. It goes...
0:50:39 > 0:50:42# Got to keep on... #
0:50:42 > 0:50:45# Got to keep on... #
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Wow. What a lovely voice.
0:50:47 > 0:50:51- Should they sing "ring out the bells"?- Yes! Can you do that?
0:50:51 > 0:50:52Get your bells.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56# Ring...out those bells tonight
0:50:56 > 0:50:59# Bethlehem
0:50:59 > 0:51:01# Bethlehem
0:51:01 > 0:51:06# Follow that star tonight
0:51:06 > 0:51:09# Bethlehem
0:51:09 > 0:51:11# Bethlehem. #
0:51:11 > 0:51:14That was a very good rehearsal.
0:51:14 > 0:51:18I wonder if they'll be even better in the Nativity performance.
0:51:23 > 0:51:24What's Toby up to?
0:51:24 > 0:51:27- Cold.- Oh, is that cold?- Yeah.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Dipping his feet in brown paint.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33That's it. Wow.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35He's made a footprint.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42And Evie is making a brown handprint.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49What's going on?
0:51:49 > 0:51:51I've got a movie one!
0:51:51 > 0:51:54What are they sticking? It looks like eyes.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Shake it and the eyes move.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Yeah. You shake it, then the eyes move.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05- Can you see what they've made? - Look, the eyes...- Brilliant.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09- Look, if you shake it up and down, look.- Reindeer pictures.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Up and down. They move.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14- Yeah, it moves.- Miss Mills.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Mine is moving.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19It's like a video game!
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Look, shiny red paper.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26- Shall we make them round like a circle?- Yeah.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32It's quite tricky to cut out a circle, isn't it?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Aren't they? There you go, Luciana.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41- There you go. Right, where are we going to put the nose?- There.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45But this is like his hair, this is.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47So I think his nose will go here at the bottom.
0:52:47 > 0:52:52- His nose doesn't go there! - Choose.- Miss Mills.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54I'm choosing it here.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Yours has got two. It's going to be two noses!
0:52:57 > 0:52:58SHE LAUGHS
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Phoenix, who are you going to give yours to?
0:53:01 > 0:53:04- I wrote, "To Mummy, love, Phoenix." - Did you?- Yeah.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- Who are you going to make yours for? - My mummy and my daddy.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12Children, what do you think? Hello, my name is Rudolph.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15THEY LAUGH
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- Hello.- Hello, Rudolph, pleased to meet you.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28It's time to get changed for the Nativity play.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31The children have special costumes.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33Lucy helps Evie into her dress.
0:53:36 > 0:53:41- Masie and Jacob are both dressed as kings.- My nanny made it.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44- Your nanny made it?- Yeah.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- Toby is a little angel. - You look lovely.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Go and look in the mirror at yourself.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Don't you look lovely?
0:53:55 > 0:53:59Jack really likes Lily-May's donkey costume.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02I'm a wise man, aren't I?
0:54:02 > 0:54:05I've got the baby Jesus.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08- It isn't.- It is.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Is everyone ready?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Children, do your best, sing really loud.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18If you forget the words, look at Miss Mills. I will be singing with you.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Mums and dads have come to watch.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30(Lovely. OK. That's it. Stop.)
0:54:30 > 0:54:33(Right, Toby, kneel down.)
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- Good luck, everyone. - (Right, everybody.)
0:54:40 > 0:54:41(Two, three... Everybody.)
0:54:41 > 0:54:44# Little donkey
0:54:44 > 0:54:46# Little donkey
0:54:46 > 0:54:51# On the dusty road
0:54:51 > 0:54:56# Got to keep on plodding onwards
0:54:56 > 0:55:01# With the precious load
0:55:01 > 0:55:06# Ring out those bells tonight
0:55:06 > 0:55:09# Bethlehem
0:55:09 > 0:55:11# Bethlehem
0:55:11 > 0:55:15# Follow that star tonight...
0:55:15 > 0:55:19- Keep singing, Toby. - # ..Bethlehem
0:55:19 > 0:55:21# Bethlehem
0:55:21 > 0:55:24# Little donkey
0:55:24 > 0:55:26# Little donkey
0:55:26 > 0:55:31# Had a heavy load
0:55:31 > 0:55:34# Little donkey...
0:55:34 > 0:55:36Evie is singing really loudly.
0:55:36 > 0:55:41# ..Safely on her way
0:55:41 > 0:55:46# Ring out those bells tonight
0:55:46 > 0:55:48# Bethlehem
0:55:48 > 0:55:51# Bethlehem
0:55:51 > 0:55:56# Follow that star tonight
0:55:56 > 0:55:58# Bethlehem
0:55:58 > 0:56:01# Bethlehem. #
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Well done.
0:56:02 > 0:56:08APPLAUSE
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Children, you did amazingly well!
0:56:18 > 0:56:22I am absolutely delighted with your singing.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25You sang so well.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29Well done! Big round of applause for Reception.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31MISS CARTMELL CHEERS
0:56:35 > 0:56:41Now, children, it's time for our Christmas party.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44THEY CHEER
0:56:47 > 0:56:49It's musical statues first.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54- Who's the best at staying still when the music stops?- Who's wobbling?
0:56:54 > 0:56:58- Can you see anyone? - Oh, Ellie-May.- Off you go again.
0:57:00 > 0:57:05- One by one the children are out of the game.- Oh, Jamie!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Ha-ha. Never mind. Well done, Jamie.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Masie is the winner!
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Masie.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16What's next? Oh, it's pass the parcel.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25- Tom gets the big prize.- You've won! - A motorbike!
0:57:27 > 0:57:30How about some festive dancing?
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Julia leads the conga.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Here's headteacher Mrs Balson.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46She's come to say goodbye before the holiday starts.
0:57:46 > 0:57:51You have been amazing this term. Can you remember the first day of school?
0:57:51 > 0:57:54- Yeah.- Who was a little bit scared on their first day?
0:57:54 > 0:58:00Oh. Who now feels super-confident and good about themselves? Yes.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04- Yeah.- Look at that.- We love Mere Green.- Reception, you are brilliant.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Have a great rest with your families.
0:58:07 > 0:58:12And come back in January, ready to learn again. Who's going to do that?
0:58:12 > 0:58:15- Me! Me!- Good. Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17- ALL:- Merry Christmas, Miss Balson!
0:58:17 > 0:58:21What a lovely term Miss Mills' class has had.
0:58:21 > 0:58:25- It's time to go home with Christmas goody bags.- Merry Christmas as well.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28- Have a lovely Christmas. - Have a great Christmas.
0:58:28 > 0:58:31Have a merry Christmas, Jacob.
0:58:32 > 0:58:37Enjoy the break, Luciana.
0:58:37 > 0:58:39Goodbye, Ameelie.
0:58:41 > 0:58:45- And Toby.- Why?- Because you're going to miss Jack otherwise.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49- Bye-bye, Sophie.- Bye-bye.
0:58:49 > 0:58:53It's been a very special first-term for everyone.
0:58:55 > 0:58:56# La-la-la
0:58:57 > 0:58:59# La-la-la
0:58:59 > 0:59:01# La-la-la
0:59:02 > 0:59:04# La-la-la. #