Christmas at primary school

[Nik_Barbour]

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I so often think about these (every now and then) and all the Crads I made for my Mum which she saved

All the Parties/day's of no stress/making stuff Art-wise (as we never had an Art Class) that was Xmas related like Crackers from Toilet Rolls .... great great memories these times hold for me indeed! As well too as making Xmas Tree Decorations was great too

Am I alone in believing (just!!) I made a Fairy for the Tree too from a Toilet Roll!!?

80sChav

No - I have fond, happy memories of this too. The art project that sticks in my mind was a snowman gift. Which was a look roll stuff to a card disc (the feet) with a head stuck to it, whole thing covered in cotton wool. And the best bit... It's arm looped around and held a branch from a real fire tree. And a tube of smarties was stashed in the loo roll body.
Just what mum wanted for Christmas. But I definitely enjoyed making it,and still remember it 35yrs on.

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[80sChav]

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I so often think about these (every now and then) and all the Crads I made for my Mum which she saved

All the Parties/day's of no stress/making stuff Art-wise (as we never had an Art Class) that was Xmas related like Crackers from Toilet Rolls .... great great memories these times hold for me indeed! As well too as making Xmas Tree Decorations was great too

Am I alone in believing (just!!) I made a Fairy for the Tree too from a Toilet Roll!!?

80sChav

[Arran]

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This probably happens more in the mind of right wing journalists (& their zombie followers) than real life.

It's actually quite commonplace. Head teachers often use excuses that Nativity plays aren't part of the National Curriculum and it's better for the school to use the time for lessons instead. It's funny how many of the same schools put on a celebration for Eid-ul-Fitr or Diwali...

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This probably happens more in the mind of right wing journalists (& their zombie followers) than real life.

well, it happens at my old primary school and others that my friends children attend.

[Richard1978]

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i don't think schools do nativity plays any more, in case they offend someone.

This probably happens more in the mind of right wing journalists (& their zombie followers) than real life.

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i don't think schools do nativity plays any more, in case they offend someone.

Sadly parents are not allowed to video school nativity plays

[Twocky61]

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Sadly parents are not allowed to video school nativity plays

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i loved christmas at primary school.

[80sChav]

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Wow ..... what a thread! II have many memories of these timers indeed

Making Cracvkers, having Party's etc and a general good time/laugh with mates back in the day's before Secondary School hit me!!

What I'd not give to be a kid of that age once again (though not in Today's era)!

80sChav

[Cooldeepblue]

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I loved the taste of that glue. We were told it was 1000 calories a lick and not to do it but wet a finger. I suspected 1000 calories was a lie but didn't really care !!

[Piglet]

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We made the decorations by sticking strips of multi-coloured paper together in chains (nearly 40 years later i still have the taste of that glue in my mouth) ...and the plate of coconut pyramids that my nan insisted on making (coconut pyramids were made of icing sugar desolated coconut and pink food colouring that was moulded in a whiskey/shot glass to form small compact mounds of the sweet sickly cake)

Your reply made me laugh out loud! And then I wondered, whether all this angst, cynicism and sarcasm has developed in the years since school, or were you born an unhappy old grouch? We were warned not to lick the gum because it was made of fish bones and would taste nasty, so it became a dare and act of bravado to do the opposite to what Miss advised... As we were all used to handling fish -- guts and all -- it was not as off-putting as she or you would have us believe.

I bet your Nan made those coconut pyramids from 6oz (150g) desiccated coconut, 3oz (75g) caster sugar, 1 egg white, dessert spoon cornflour decorated with glacé cherries (optional). They could also be made using condensed milk... I think it was something like whatever a tin of sweetened condensed milk weighed to slightly less of dessicated coconut. Pink was only for "posh." LOL! We still make them for fund-raising events, although the rice paper became difficult to source at one point and we found the German oblaten looked more professional and made portioning easier.

I am sorry you have such a depressing memory of school and the fun times. I really hate to think what terrible bad times you must have had! Poor you.

[Piglet]

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Hi @catflap I was looking for those little calendars online, when I can across this forum! They came from the local stationer's at our school. They were also available at W.H.Smith's. I would have to buy extras for making calendars for the aunts and uncles, because we were only allocated one each at school and they went to Mum of course! But we no longer have either shop in our local area and I am searching and searching... They are around, because I have seen an image online. Sadly not with any source or contact details to ask the web site owner. I tried posting an image here, but apparently I am not allowed. Oh, well. At least two of us know what I am talking about! LOL!

[Trickyvee]

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I can only actually remember one Christmas party at Primary School. 'Do They Know It's Christmas' was playing on the ghetto blaster someone had brought in for the occasion so it must have been 1984. I have a very vivid snapshot memory of sitting on the big table, Mr Kipling French Fancies in front of me and listening to that song.

[Twocky61]

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Only got vague memories of the run-up to Christmas at primary school:

a large tinsel covered box in the classroom with a large slot on the top to put your classmates Xmas cards inside which would be emptied every afternoon by the teacher and the cards passed to each recipient.
Great days..........

A bit like Valentines day where all the pupils posted Valentines cards in the box to the person they fancied or in some cases to themselves

[akb48fan]

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Only got vague memories of the run-up to Christmas at primary school:

a large tinsel covered box in the classroom with a large slot on the top to put your classmates Xmas cards inside which would be emptied every afternoon by the teacher and the cards passed to each recipient.
In one Christmas concert when I was about 6 or 7 I got to bang a large drum whilst the rest of my classmates had to sing The Little Drummer Boy in front of our parents
The final day before school closed for the Christmas break used to be a free for all where you could bring board games to play or watch TV until the afternoon where there would be a big party in the school hall.

Great days..........