Christmas through the eyes of a child

 
Santa visited the preschool children across the road from our College, so he decided to do a lap around the school buildings whilst our children were in class. Here, he is pictured above.
It is soon Christmas time and school is about to end.  Some of our students have been interviewed as to what they want [...]

Sensing Christmas

Christmas at Ben’s Place
I see…..
the sun rising as it peeps over the horizon for the start of a glorious day and the glimpse of happy faces and cheerful smiles as the day progresses. I see my parents placing presents in my stocking and the Christmas lights bursting with colour.
I taste…
the mouth watering turkey melting in my mouth [...]

The Gift of Giving

Christmas in Prose

 
 

Here comes Santa,
Riding on his sleigh.
He stops at a house,
To let the reindeer eat some hay.
He slides down the chimney,
And fills a stocking.
He eats his milk and cookies,
While listening to the reindeers sing.
He finally leaves,
Which is disappointing.
Then he realises,
He didn’t fill the other stocking!
by a nine year old student

 

 
 

Christmas at My Place

The students were asked to “show me” what Christmas at their place was like – through use of the 5 senses. The only stipulation was that they had to include 3 experiences for each sense and the most important element of the writing, was that they had to “show me”, not just tell me.
Marg Murnane [...]