Education Department
Open up Advent with our box of pre-prepared craft resources, designed to capture this season of hope and joy. You will receive a box filled with Advent-themed crafts and activities for your class to use in school. Each activity will help your pupils to explore, engage and understand more about this important time in the liturgical year.
What’s in the box:
£4.00 per pupil
Suitable for both Key Stage 1 and 2.
St Nicholas Day – Thursday 5thDecember 2024
Our popular event day aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils, celebrating the importance of giving as well as receiving at Christmas. The story of our modern day ‘Santa’ goes back to the fourth century and a bishop called St Nicholas (who is now a Christian Saint). It is from stories of St Nicholas, that we get the idea of putting out stockings for Christmas presents.
What happens on the day?
Pupils will take part in three workshops during the day, learning about where some of our Christmas traditions come from.
They will make gifts in each workshop – some to keep and some to give away.
The day will finish with a final celebration service, which is held in the Abbey church.
£4.90 per pupil.
Suitable for Key Stage 2
Help pupils to learn about the Christmas story by taking part in one of our seasonal workshops. Each day consists of three workshops.
ANGEL DAY- A storytelling session ‘The Shepherd’s Story’, a craft activity and an angel-themed trail in the Abbey Church
£3.00 per pupil
Suitable for Key Stage 1
NATIVITY DAY – share the nativity story using story beads (provided for each child), a craft activity and a nativity-themed trail in the Abbey Church
£3.00 per pupil
Suitable for Key Stage 2
WISE MEN DAY – a storytelling session, a craft activity and a themed trail in the Abbey Church
£3.00 per pupil
Suitable for Key Stage 2
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