Advent and Christmas support material

The following selection of resource material would be suitable for classroom extension work on this theme from your Barnabas RE Day. There are a variety of activities, stories, music and pictures along with suggested approaches for using it with learners at Foundation, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

All worksheets come with full photocopy permission to use in your school.

In addition there are links to further ideas for follow-up on the website and lists of Barnabas books which you will find helpful in exploring the topic further.

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Exploring the background to Advent

• Exploring Advent - for KS1

• Advent activities - for KS1 and KS2

Telling the Story

• Christmas - for Foundation.

• The Innkeeper's Boy - for Foundation

• With Love From Me to You - for Foundation

• Advent - for KS1

• The Second Coming - for KS2

Activities

• The Birth of Jesus is Announced - for KS2

• Nativity Crib - for KS2

• A Christmas Garland - for KS2

Ideas

• Angels, angels everywhere - discussion on the significance and symbolism of angels for KS1

• A Special Birthday - talking about Christmas as a birthday party with Foundation

• The Giving of Gifts - discussing the visit of the wise men with KS2

The following ideas from the Barnabas in Churches website may also be useful:

• The Cross and the Crib - presenting the Christmas story within the context of Jesus' life as a whole school assembly

• Introducing Advent - powerpoint presentation to use with the whole school

• The Twelve Days of Christmas - a new version of the carol, telling the Christmas story

• The Sound of Christmas - an assembly idea celebrating Jesus' arrival through sound

• The Meaning of Christmas - collective worship using the nine letters of Christmas to make associated words

• Christmas in a Suffering World - an assembly idea for KS2

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Supporting books and resources

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