Santa Sleigh Repairs, Magic Words and Christmas Mischief in Reception!

Miss South • December 19, 2025

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A festive week of creativity, imagination and Christmas problem-solving in Reception.

TL;DR:

  • Shared how Christmas is celebrated at home and around the world.
  • Wrote cards for families and adults who help in school.
  • Delivered treats (with naughty or nice checks!).
  • Rebuilt Santa’s sleigh and designed symbols and maps.
  • Helped the Head Elf find stolen magic Christmas words.

This week, Reception have had great fun finding out about Christmas. We shared some of the ways we celebrate at home and talked about some of the ways people celebrate around the world. 


We wrote our Christmas cards for our families and made one for each of the adults who help us at school. We brainstormed our own list of grown ups who help us at school and discussed their role and how that helps our school. The children enjoyed dressing up and delivering a small thank you treat to these grown ups, cheekily asking them if they were on the naughty or nice list. Thankfully everyone got a small treat and very little coal was delivered by Santa!


After spotting that Santa had visited our classroom and watching some 'CCTV' footage of Santa crashing his sleigh, many of the children decided to help by building Santa a new sleigh ready for his long Christmas eve journey around the world. Some of the children made maps for Santa and Evelyn, Rudy and Reggie designed secret symbols to help the sleigh travel faster.​​​​​​​​​​​​


We even helped the head elf save Christmas! After receiving a video message explaining that a mischievous elf had stolen all of the magical words that help the North Pole prepare for Christmas, we set to work to find the words that had been hidden around our classroom! The children were very excited to read all of the magic words and tick them off their list. 


Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Reception Class!​​​​

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