Carol Concert - Inspiration Please :-)

[SuperSoph73]

I wonder if any of you lovely people could help me out here. We work in a school and it's coming up to the christmas carol concert and we're stuck for inspirational readings, prayers, poems, etc. However, there are certain criteria we have to adhere to as we work in an international school so here goes.

It has to be:-

Short - no more than about 30 seconds
Basic
Possible visuals to go with it
Child friendly

Please help if you can.

Thanks, Soph xxx

I was looking for something similar & came across this the other day, if it is of any use.

(you will need to set up a TES account to access it if you don't have one, but they are free :))

Thanks BetsyBoop but unfortunately it isn't relevant for our needs. I will print it out though and keep to one side, just in case :)

"Christmas Poems" by U.A.Fanthope has some excellent ones, though you didn't mention the ages involved.
All are short.

eg "What the donkey Saw"; "The Sheepdog";

I'll type one out if you are interested, so you get the gist, or would that infringe some Copyright?

Please wolfbrother that would be great. I won't tell if you don't Everybody attends the Carol Concert but it is the secondary pupils that do the readings.

What the Donkey Saw

No room in the inn, of course,
And not that much in the stable,
What with the shepherds, Magi, Mary,
Joseph, the heavenly host-
Not to mention the baby
using our manger as a cot.
You couldn't have squeezed another cherub in
For love nor money.

Still, in spite of the overcrowding,
I did my best to make them feel wanted.
I could see the baby and I
Would be going places together.

The Sheepdog

After the very bright light,
And the talking bird,
And the singing,
And the sky filled up wi' wings,
And then the silence,

Our lads sez
'We'd better go, then.
Stay, Shep. Good dog, stay.'
So I stayed wi' t'sheep.

After they cum back,
It sounded grand, what they'd seen:
Camels, and kings, and such,
Wi' presents-human sort,
not the kind you eat-
And a baby. Presents wes for him.
Our lads took him a lamb.

I had to stay behind wi' sheep.
Pity they didn't tek me along, too.
I'm good wi' sheep,
And the baby might have liked a dog
After all that myrrh and such.

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