Do you organise a Christmas carol service or assembly and want a set of readings that is traditional but a bit different? This script provides an alternative to the standard Bible readings, with opportunities to include plenty of carols or songs. Your readers could dress in Nativity costumes if you wish, forming a kind of tableau at the end.
There are notionally 18 separate readings: I have sometimes had to combine some for fewer readers, or add introductions and prayers for a larger group - alternatively some without readings could sing in between. For differentiation, some readings are longer, some shorter, some easy, some harder so that you can allocate them according to how confident your readers are.
The piece was written originally for a Year 6 group, but because of the varied level of readings it would suit slightly younger KS2 or older readers too – though you might find for KS3 children you’d have to leave out the donkey!
At the end you will find some notes including suggestions for carols that fit well at certain spots during the performance: a variety so that you can have some for congregation / audience and others for school / group only.
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A helpful guide and layout with decent readings/retelling of the Christmas story plus song suggestions. £5 is a bit pricey for what it is, and the readings are 'from the point of view' of each character, so if you're just looking for a retelling, the words need changing slightly. A good starting point anyway.
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