1. Good Morning and Welcome to Class 4 S Assembly

CLASS ASSEMBLY

1. Good Morning and welcome to Class 4’s assembly.

2. This morning most of you probably opened a door on your advent calendar. This is because it is getting near to Christmas.

3. Getting Ready for Christmas by Class 4.

4. There’s a lovely feeling at our school. I feel happy inside. There are lots of excited children with tickly tummies. EVERYTHING SHINES.

5. There’s a sewing machine in the staffroom instead of a computer; a post box in a corner. The teachers look worried and smiling all at the same time. EVERYTHING SHINES.

6. Christmas Carols with wonky tunes keep coming out of classrooms; everyone is walking around very fast. The corridors are full of shepherd costumes. EVERYTHING SHINES.

7. There’s bits of snow drifting around the school- and it isn’t even snowing. There’s the secret sound of tissue paper. And secret looks on secret faces. EVERYTHING SHINES.

8. I heard Miss McDaid tell Christopher that she believed in magic. I believe in it as well. I think you can believe in it even if you are grown up. That’s what helps to make everything shine. 8. Christmas is very special to lots of people and in lots of different ways.

9. Christmas is special to me because I get to spend time with my family.

10. Christmas is special to me because I enjoy putting up all the decorations.

11. Christmas is special to me because I enjoy giving and receiving presents.

12. Christmas is special to me because I get to see friends that I haven’t seen for a long time.

13. But most importantly Christmas is special because it is Jesus’ birthday. 14. However, we all look forward to celebrating Christmas but has anyone ever thought about how it is celebrated in other countries around the world.

15. My dad is from China. Christians in China celebrate Christmas by lighting their houses with beautiful paper lanterns and decorating their Christmas trees.

16. The most important festival in the Chinese calendar is the ‘Chinese New Year’ which happens at the end of January.

12. The Chinese New Year is when children receive new clothes and toys and everyone eats delicious food. 17. Our parents are from Czechoslovakia.

18. Czechoslovakian people have a strong tradition which involves cutting a branch from a cherry tree and putting it in water indoors to bloom.

19. If the bloom opens in time for Christmas it is considered good luck, and also a sign that the winter may be short.

20. Our parents are from the Philippines.

21. Here at Christmas time it is very hot.

22. My dad is from Africa. 18. On Christmas Day here people wake up to the sound of people singing carols outside.

23. They also often have their Christmas Dinner outside because it is so hot.

24. Our parents are from India.

20. The way Christmas is celebrated in India varies from one area to another.

25. In South India, Christians put small clay lamps on the rooftops and walls of their houses at Christmas, just as the Hindus do during their festival called Diwali. 26. However some people in India don’t celebrate Christmas because of their religion but they still have fun and get a day off school.

27. As we are all learning to speak Spanish we thought we would also tell you about the Spanish Christmas.

28. Christmas is a deeply religious festival in Spain.

29. The Three Wise Men are seen everywhere in Spain at this time because the Spanish believe they passed through Spain on their way to Bethlehem. 30. Also Christmas dinner in Spain is never eaten till after midnight.

31. (Dominica and Zaneta) Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok

32. (Zsiebah and Carlo) Maligayan Pasko!

33. Umme, Billy Owen to say it too.

34. No matter where you live Christmas is a time of happiness and being kind to other people.

35. It is about respecting people and being grateful.

36. It is about remembering why you are celebrating it. 37. It is about having fun!!

38. Roll into song ‘Santa Claus is coming to town’

39. Right at the end everyone shouts ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS!!’