Christmas activity pack

If you’re looking for a little more than the usual Christmas-themed word searches or colouring templates, our KS1 Christmas pack is a gift!

Comprising a variety of teaching ideas and resources, the pack will help you develop children's understanding of the significance of the birth of Jesus; introduce different materials for seasonal art and design and to use the book 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg as a stimulus for writing.

All your festive activities in one place!

What's included?

• Teaching ideas and 15 accompanying resources for RE, English and DT
• links to the curriculum.

What's inside?

Design and technology (pages 1-23)

• Recycled Christmas wreaths
• Make your own crystal ‘snowflakes’
• How to make a surprise hanging bauble box
• How to make a Christmas sweet cone
• How to make a hanging snowman
• Design and make a Christmas cupcake!
• Christmas dinners – true or false

Literacy (pages 24-39)

• Matching gifts – The Jolly Christmas Postman
• Choosing a gift for Grandma
• Fairy tale characters – where do they live?
• Fairy tale addresses
• Design a Christmas stamp
• Present mix and match – fairy tale characters
• Writing letters to Santa

RE (pages 40-55)

• Nativity hexbusters
• How well do you know the Christmas story?
• Board game template
• All about Jesus
• The Christmas story – sequencing
• What would they say – Christmas story
• Newspaper template
• Christmas gifts – what would you bring?
• A blockbuster Christmas snakes and ladders
• What is important to you at Christmas?