Nativity play begin

[t1n333]

As nativity plays begin just wondering how teachers cast. Dd reception is a narrator. Is there any rhyme or reason or just a lucky dip?

I meant to say that my female Herod LOVED playing the part, was brilliant at it, and still remembers it fondly - she's now in Y6 and was in Y2 at the time.

You did say it, pastapesto - you said exactly that!

I do the nativities at school, as the specialist music and drama person it's my job to choose the nativities we do and then cast them. In ours we have supporting year groups alternating with 'lead' year groups. So reception will have the speaking parts in the EYFS one and Y2 will have the speaking parts in the KS1 nativity. Every child in the lead year groups will get at least one line And I rewrite the scripts each year to ensure that is the case (lots of them can now be edited on word documents so you can add in extra shepherds etc easily). All children 'audition' for me (say a line or two) so I can hear their speaking voices and I speak to their class teachers to find out what their reading ability is like. For singing solos they audition by singing by themselves, but they choose to do that, I don't force them to. An enormous amount of thought goes into it, and I spend a long time trying to get it right!

Our nativity is for R/1/2. Firstly we cast all the year 2 giving everyone at least one line, adapting the script if needed. Then we look at year 1 and any left over speaking parts are likely to be given to the sensible ones. The remaining year 1 and R are usually angels/sheep/donkeys/extra shepherds/extra innkeepers/pages....

mrz (just as a side note)
I hope you don't spell Herod as "Herrod" to your class

No I never use my phone in school

In school nativity, why same children get main part every year.