Question for teachers about celebrating Christmas

[saadia]

I am teaching in a Reception class where 25 out of 30 children do not celebrate Christmas. We are having a Christmas Nativity play and putting up decorations and we are doing cross-curricular learning on the Nativity but I am reluctant to spend the next three weeks on making Christmas decorations and festooning the class which my partner teacher seems to want to do (we plan together for both classes) and would rather plan learning in accordance with the children's interests. In these circumstances, would it seem odd if I reduced the focus on Christmas?

It does not have to be three weeks of craft to enjoy Christmas maybe the OP could be a bit more imaginative.

That's def a bit much mrz. Fine to be practising carols and the Christma splay after half term, but a bit early for Christmas craft yet imo. We wait til we hit December.

No carols or Christmas play to rehearse for just craft and colouring pictures for the next few weeks apparently

I much prefered dd's old school's approach to festivals, they were all treated the same whether just one child or twenty were celebrated and used for a theme for teaching for one week. DD learnt alot more about different religions and cultures and was never bored by it as there was always something new to look forward to.

Her current school does way to much Christmas crap

I think they just start much earlier these days and have longer- but it reflects RL where Christmas trees will go up in homes any time now and then people are bored by Boxing Day-take them down and go the sales! (I don't put mine up until the week before and then go through to 12th night)

All schools should focus on Christmas throughout the Christmas season. This begins on Nov 1st, as soon as the Halloween Tat is removed from the shelves in Sainsbury's and replaced with boxes of crackers and outsize Toblerones. This is the religious definition of 'Advent' I believe.

Easter will begin on Jan 4th when Creme Eggs appear at the checkout.

My DH does a whole thing about geography based on where the different parts of your Christmas dinner come from in the world - maybe there's something in that?

at Blu