Wow, how can it be December already? We have jumped straight in with all things Christmassy. We are reading the story ‘Santa’s 12 days of Christmas’ by Alexandra Robinson in class and each day something wonderfully Christmassy happens in the book and in class too!

We arrived in class on Tuesday morning to find our classroom had been decorated, and not one but TWO Christmas trees had been delivered and decorated. We also noticed that a cheeky little elf was sitting in one of the trees on the Gruffalo display. He’s back again this year to make lots of mischief! He has been moving around the classroom throughout the week and hiding in some very silly places, we have been keeping our eyes peeled to see where he is each day.

We then enjoyed the advent assembly and the big switch on of all the lovely Christmas lights around school followed by making some glittery Christmas party hats and finishing the day with a yuletide ball. On Wednesday we made some delicious Christmas gingerbread biscuits and decorated them which were then enjoyed for snack in the afternoon. Today we have been learning all about the Christmas story and have been retelling parts of the story and even had a go at sequencing the whole story ourselves. This afternoon we have had the most wonderful time singing Christmas songs outside with Tracey’s class. We have enjoyed wrapping up with blankets and drinking hot chocolate to keep us warm.

The first week of Christmas countdown has been so magical and the class have worked extremely hard at such an exciting time. Look out for lots more exciting things happening in the next couple of weeks.