No doubt you will avoid the problem a primary teacher friend of mine had a year or two ago when owing to inexperience, communication failures and a run-in with a couple of pushy parents, she ended up with five Wise Men .....
Yes, we've also launched into learning the songs for our KS2 production - the star roles are for a cow, a sheep and a chicken! (Stable Manners - you may know it - which is very jolly).
Sounds like ours - our star roles are a cockerel, a cow, a sheep, a chicken...I wonder who all these composers are who write these musical plays? Gone are the days of having to write your own script and fit in all the traditional carols - though I do try to include at least Away in a Manger (pass the tissues
). I'm quite impressed by the songs this year - rather lovely tunes and simple repetitive words. We do Makaton (signing) for all the words so it's just as well they're simple as I'm hopeless at remembering all the signs! I have to watch the kids and copy them!
After my mother suddenly passed away in the summer, I must admit that I'm not hugely looking forward to the festive season this year. I shall enjoy the school-based bustle, but the holidays themselves will, I think, be a chance to catch up on some reading/ listening/ viewing instead.
Christmas is such a sad time for so many who've recently lost a relative - I'm sorry to hear this IGI.
We teachers need a holiday to unwind after all that "school-based bustle" - it gets ridiculously frantic doesn't it - but of course there's home-based bustle too!
