This week we have been getting into the festive spirit in our classroom. We have enjoyed opening the Deans decisions Makers advent calendar each morning. We have loved the fitness challenges and sharing what has been making us happy each day. We have also started researching all of the Victorian Christmas Traditions which we love to celebrate at this time of year. We worked together in pairs to use the internet and some research texts to find out as much as we can.
Here are some of the facts we found out-
Sometimes Victorians had a upside down Christmas tree hanging from their ceilings.
Candy canes were invented to keep children quiet during ‘living’ nativity scenes and the shape was to represent the shape of a shepherds crook.
Victorians sent the first Christmas cards and some Victorian Christmas cards were very strange!
We had a go at making our own Victorian decorations. We made Cornucopias and paper chains. Cornucopias are cone shaped decorations hung from a tree with ribbons and filled with delicious sweeties.
To complete our block of Persuasive writing we wrote letters to Santa to persuade him of how well behaved we have been this year. We had some fantastic arguments from the everyone. Here are some examples.
I have been helpful to my mum by cleaning the kitchen – Elkie
I have been helping by looking after my pets – Nathaniel
I have been helped my mum by watching my baby sister and letting mum have a wee rest – Lennon
We are fairly certain that Santa will have no choice but to deliver all of P4/3 amazing gifts this year.
