Christmas is nearly here and life at Playgroup has been very exciting!

Our Christmas play “The Innkeeper’s Breakfast” made stars of all our children. They had all worked so hard at learning the songs, practising all the actions and going on the stage. It was a wonderful experience for us all and as a staff, we were extremely proud of them. Costumes looked beautiful, the stage sparkled and baby Jesus arrived at the right time (and the right way up!) The addition of the microphone made such a difference. Thank you to everyone who helped in any way to create the magical moments that we all experienced on Tuesday.

We just finished the play and then it was time to party! (The staff partied first on Tuesday evening at The Baraset) and then it was the turn of the children. Magic Rose performed her usual amazing tricks. Where did that dove come from? The rabbits sat so well in their boxes and all the children enjoyed the performance. The food worked well using the boxes which meant that the children could take their unfinished bits home and the children who have allergies could have food provided by their parents served in the same boxes. Party games were great fun - the snowball fight was wonderful. Father Christmas was great - he made all the children feel special and the photographs of each child will be a lasting memory jogger of the occasion. Thank you to all those people who were involved in the party - the staff had a great time as we could party too!

We are returning to our normal (!) routine after our exciting week and extending our knowledge of all things Advent and Nativity. We have been busy making cards, presents, tree decorations and wrapping paper. All these Christmas goodies will be coming home during the last few days of term. We are looking forward to the Toy Service at church and visiting Big School to see their nativity play.