The Christmas Crib Competition

Now, that mid-term has passed, all educators look forward to the next six week block. This is an exciting time for us at school, as it leads to the two-week break connected with Christmas. A myriad of events are organised in our school. One staple feature of the run-up to Christmas is the Christmas crib competition. The poster is shown below.

The main point of this competition is that besides making the students think about the significance of Christmas, they also use a variety of recycled materials.  In addition, the school is decorated with the cribs that the students themselves would have done. This enhances in the students their sense of pride and ownership of the school.

The competition opened this week. My year 9s showed a lot of interest and asked a lot of intelligent questions about what they could use or could not, to build a crib. The staff and I are looking forward to the end of this month to be see what the students would have created.