Nativity Time for School

ALARM RINGS

# Rise and shine

# A new day

# Time for fun

THEY GIGGLE

# School today

# Meet new friends

# Teachers too

# Ding-ding-ding! School bell rings

# Time for school. #

It's almost Christmas.

Come on in.

And at Mere Green School, Jacob's in a hurry.

Ameelie and Jack are very excited.

Who's that wearing reindeer antlers?

It's Toby and Danielle.

Siam is going to help Mrs Cartmell decorate the class Christmas tree.

Ooo, tinsel. That will look great, Ruby.

There's a lot on the top. We need some round the bottom.

-Yeah, round the bottom.

-Maybe that... Oh! Hang on.

These are halos.

Look!

That's nice. Lovely!

Now where are we going to put it?

Very Christmassy.

Miss Mills' class is going to sing at the big school Nativity play.

The play celebrates the birth of baby Jesus.

It's a very special story.

We are going to sing a song called Little Donkey.

And do you know,

it is so sweet.

Mr Watts checks how well the children know the song.

-Let's try from the beginning.

-OK.

# Little donkey

# Little donkey

# On the dusty road. #

Who feels really confident they could stand up and sing it to me

on their own now?

-Me! Me!

-Up you get.

Evie wants to give it a go.

# Little donkey

# Little donkey

# On the dusty road. #

-Well done.

-A big round of applause. Well done.

Now, the next line goes like this. It goes...

# Got to keep on... #

# Got to keep on... #

Wow. What a lovely voice.

-Should they sing "ring out the bells"?

-Yes! Can you do that?

Get your bells.

# Ring...out those bells tonight

# Bethlehem

# Bethlehem

# Follow that star tonight

# Bethlehem

# Bethlehem. #

That was a very good rehearsal.

I wonder if they'll be even better in the Nativity performance.

What's Toby up to?

-Cold.

-Oh, is that cold?

-Yeah.

Dipping his feet in brown paint.

That's it. Wow.

He's made a footprint.

And Evie is making a brown handprint.

What's going on?

I've got a movie one!

What are they sticking? It looks like eyes.

Shake it and the eyes move.

Yeah. You shake it, then the eyes move.

-Can you see what they've made?

-Look, the eyes...

-Brilliant.

-Look, if you shake it up and down, look.

-Reindeer pictures.

Up and down. They move.

-Yeah, it moves.

-Miss Mills.

Mine is moving.

It's like a video game!

Look, shiny red paper.

-Shall we make them round like a circle?

-Yeah.

It's quite tricky to cut out a circle, isn't it?

Aren't they? There you go, Luciana.

-There you go. Right, where are we going to put the nose?

-There.

But this is like his hair, this is.

So I think his nose will go here at the bottom.

-His nose doesn't go there!

-Choose.

-Miss Mills.

I'm choosing it here.

Yours has got two. It's going to be two noses!

SHE LAUGHS

Phoenix, who are you going to give yours to?

-I wrote, "To Mummy, love, Phoenix."

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-Who are you going to make yours for?

-My mummy and my daddy.

Children, what do you think? Hello, my name is Rudolph.

THEY LAUGH

-Hello.

-Hello, Rudolph, pleased to meet you.

It's time to get changed for the Nativity play.

The children have special costumes.

Lucy helps Evie into her dress.

-Masie and Jacob are both dressed as kings.

-My nanny made it.

-Your nanny made it?

-Yeah.

-Toby is a little angel.

-You look lovely.

Go and look in the mirror at yourself.

Don't you look lovely?

Jack really likes Lily-May's donkey costume.

I'm a wise man, aren't I?

I've got the baby Jesus.

-It isn't.

-It is.

Is everyone ready?

Children, do your best, sing really loud.

If you forget the words, look at Miss Mills. I will be singing with you.

Mums and dads have come to watch.

(Lovely. OK. That's it. Stop.)

(Right, Toby, kneel down.)

-Good luck, everyone.

-(Right, everybody.)

(Two, three... Everybody.)

# Little donkey

# Little donkey

# On the dusty road

# Got to keep on plodding onwards

# With the precious load

# Ring out those bells tonight

# Bethlehem

# Bethlehem

# Follow that star tonight...

-Keep singing, Toby.

-# ..Bethlehem

# Bethlehem

# Little donkey

# Little donkey

# Had a heavy load

# Little donkey...

Evie is singing really loudly.

# ..Safely on her way

# Ring out those bells tonight

# Bethlehem

# Bethlehem

# Follow that star tonight

# Bethlehem

# Bethlehem. #

Well done.

APPLAUSE

Children, you did amazingly well!

I am absolutely delighted with your singing.

You sang so well.

Well done! Big round of applause for Reception.

MISS CARTMELL CHEERS

Now, children, it's time for our Christmas party.

THEY CHEER

It's musical statues first.

-Who's the best at staying still when the music stops?

-Who's wobbling?

-Can you see anyone?

-Oh, Ellie-May.

-Off you go again.

-One by one the children are out of the game.

-Oh, Jamie!

Ha-ha. Never mind. Well done, Jamie.

Masie is the winner!

Masie.

What's next? Oh, it's pass the parcel.

-Tom gets the big prize.

-You've won!

-A motorbike!

How about some festive dancing?

Julia leads the conga.

Here's headteacher Mrs Balson.

She's come to say goodbye before the holiday starts.

You have been amazing this term. Can you remember the first day of school?

-Yeah.

-Who was a little bit scared on their first day?

Oh. Who now feels super-confident and good about themselves? Yes.

-Yeah.

-Look at that.

-We love Mere Green.

-Reception, you are brilliant.

Have a great rest with your families.

And come back in January, ready to learn again. Who's going to do that?

-Me! Me!

-Good. Merry Christmas, everybody.

-ALL:

-Merry Christmas, Miss Balson!

What a lovely term Miss Mills' class has had.

-It's time to go home with Christmas goody bags.

-Merry Christmas as well.

-Have a lovely Christmas.

-Have a great Christmas.

Have a merry Christmas, Jacob.

Enjoy the break, Luciana.

Goodbye, Ameelie.

-And Toby.

-Why?

-Because you're going to miss Jack otherwise.

-Bye-bye, Sophie.

-Bye-bye.

It's been a very special first-term for everyone.

# La-la-la

# La-la-la

# La-la-la

# La-la-la. #