Guest Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Has anyone got any scripts for a nativity play, for reception aged children, or any links that may be of use? Thanks
AnonyMouse_1195 Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 'Out of the Ark' music do some musicalswhcih are very good. don't know the URL but try a search. i bet someone on here will come up with it.
Guest Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 This (in the file I think I've attached) is last year's nativity play. All the songs are to the tune of 'There was a princess long ago. The play was for nursery but I'm sure it will do for Reception. Nursery_Nativity_Play.doc
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Hey!! That's lovely, can I use it next year? Too late for this year, children are too good at the one we're using - I'm told! Had only just started rehearsals when I had my little 'contretemps'! Thanks, Sue
Guest Sycamore Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 hi Musicroom.com will send you a script and tape of music in days. I have done Grumpy Sheep and Little Angel. If you like I can send you an adaptation of Little Angel for reception. Also at a recent course a suggestion was We're all going to Bethlehem using the same type of idea as We're going on a Bear Hunt. Good Luck
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Please please please some more alternative scripts to download please!!!!!
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Does anyone have a jaunty little number that could accompany our Kings in our Christmas assembly (infant school)? All we have is the "pa rum pa pum pum" song, whih is a bit too slow, or "we 3 kings", which is a bit too complicated word-wise! Any help would be gratefully received
AnonyMouse_468 Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 This is a song that I "invented" for last year's Nativity. It is to the tune of Frere Jacques. If you are very ambitious you can divide the children into two parts so that each line is "echoed". If not you can sing it as it is. A gift of gold, a gift of gold We'd like to bring, we'd like to bring A present for the baby, a present for the baby The little King, the little King. A gift of frankincense, a gift of frankincense We'd like to bring, we'd like to bring. A present for the baby, a present for the baby, The little King, the little King. A gift of myrrh, a gift of myrrh We'd like to bring, we'd like to bring A present for the baby, a present for the baby The little King, the little King. [/i]Each king walked and gave their gift to Mary and Joseph during the appropriate verse.
AnonyMouse_1027 Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Hi Have got sleepy shepherd (i think it was from out of the ark - but got it from another school) could download but will have to get it on comp 1st and then theres the problem of the songs to go with it..you need the songs..... any ideas anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AnonyMouse_79 Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Thats super Jackie! Hali, Leo - one other word springs to mind here --copyright!
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Wow, Jackie! What a fast reponse. Thank you very much...
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Hi ASPK, For our kings we sing: Three kings long ago made a journey so slow To see a baby fair from their camels on high they looked at the sky a star was shining there Travelling Travelling Travelling on Only a star to guide them along Then in Bethlehem's town Those three wise men found Sweet Jesus in the hay. Not sure if its 'jaunty' ! but main prob is I can't sing it to ya! Haven't got a clue but I'm sure if anyone was REALLY interested I could find the sheet music and try and scan it at work? Could also do with some help please We do our play as whole FS so the Nursery do the Nativity bit(reception are choir for this) and then Joseph says 'Christmas is a happy time let's sing some happy songs' and then its the Reception's turn to do jingle bells etc. Last year we had santa coming on with his sleigh to jingle bells,rudolf chn dressed up in pjamas doing a bit about xmas eve, you'd betta watch out and when santa got stuck up the chimney we alll finished with we wish you a merry christmas. So we hadsanta, rudolf, elves, reindeer and children in p-jays so even if they didn't have lines they had a part. Not sure whether to do it like this this year. Needs to be quite short but I fancy something different. Any ideas??
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Jackie's is much beter-might use it next year thanks!-you'll have to start charging
Guest Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Thanks so much for your replies - especially Horsechestnut - it's ace!! I'm worried now some of you are talking about rehearsals taking place already!!
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Our performances are on the 9th and 10th December. My hopes are rising that I will be back at work for them!!!!!!! Sue
Guest Tracey F Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 Not kings but shepherds! Sorry - it was Jackie and her 'invented' song about the kings. We also invented a song to the tune of Frere Jacques for our shepherds a couple of years ago! Shepherds sitting, shepherds sitting On a hill, On a hill, Angels came to tell them, angels came to tell them 'All is well, all is well.' 'There's a baby, there's a baby In the town, in the town. Lying in a manger, lying in a manger, Hurry down, hurry down.'
Guest Posted December 3, 2004 Posted December 3, 2004 Thanks for the song, Zim. Sorry I haven't looked in sooner Fox
AnonyMouse_2760 Posted December 3, 2004 Posted December 3, 2004 Again Out of the Ark are wonderful. full scripts and backing tracks on CD. We go with these every year and they are always a success! Good Luck
Guest Posted December 5, 2004 Posted December 5, 2004 We're having our FIRST practice on Monday, out all day at pantomime etc on Tuesday, and dress rehearsal planned for next Monday followed by performance next Tuesday ..... PANICKING ME On the plus side, guess it means I don't have to plan much for next week Good luck everyone with your Christmas plays etc. Harricroft
Guest Posted December 5, 2004 Posted December 5, 2004 Our plays are this week! Dress rehearsals tomorrow infront of the rest of the school and then performances Tuesday and Wednesday. I wont be able to see 1/3rd of my class perform as I will be with my other 2/3rds Reception and Nursery are doing 1 play and Yrs1 and 2 are doing another and because I have both, I have to stay with the majority, such a shame. Doubt anyone will come to my aid so I can see them perform, other than the dress rehersal tomorrow.
Guest Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Aargh!!!!!! Just had the worst dress rehearsal in the history of time, I think!!! The children, far from being stage struck (apart from 1 poor dear who was inconsolable) were really showing off, messing about, throwing things around, picking the props apart, calling out & chatting to each other. I was really shocked about it - I'm pleased they're confident but... Let's hope they rise to the occasion of the real event tomorrow! Dianne
AnonyMouse_1999 Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Oh Dianne I was just reading a lovely account of a journalists visit to his daughters nativity play in which she played Mary and how she dropped baby Jesus!! The article was sort of tongue in cheek but there were bits I loved such as; ' There are so many nativity plays in Britain that it was reported yesterday, they are almost single-handedly keeping the tea-towel industry going! 'This doting Dad, I confess, had two brimful wells for eyes as my daughter tenderly cradled the infant Jeseus in her arms and a chorus of 50 or so little ones warbled and lisped their way through in the Belak Mid winter' At these thousnads of productions teachers with the patience of saints will crouch in front of the stage to mouth the words and prompt the dance movements, they will have often workded overtime to prepare the play, all for nothing more than some heartfelt thanks and a post-performance cup of tea. These nativity plays will be watched by audiences in which the majority of parents, adult members of the most cynical generation that ever strode this land, are reduced to jabbering, weepy wrecks, all damp noses and wobbly chins and drenched in tissue paper' He also relayed some 'nativity gaffes' The little boy playing the innkeeper who, when asked, 'Do you have any room at the inn?" remembered everything his mother had taught him about being hospitable to people who called at the door and said "Of course! Please come in!" The shepherd who asked Mary what she was going to call her newborn child and Mary was panic struck unable to remember her line. Then she remembered her little sisters name and replied "Julia" The innkeeper who forgot his lines and the teacher whispered 'Say something' and then in desperation the teacher said 'say anthing!' and the innkeeper announced "Auntie Joan gave Mummy a perm for Christmas!" There were some sad one too like the four year old who was dropped from the cast two days before the main performance because she waved to her mum at rehearsals
Guest Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 I just have to say that for me, finally 2 different nativities (one for my YRs and one for my Y1s) and 6 performances later, the last one being tonight, NO MORE NATIVITY for another year!!!!! I'm exhausted and I nearly fell asleep in class this afternoon!!
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 Well done, you'll sleep well tonight!! First perf for us today, went well, thanks . Last tomorrow, they're little stars all of them! The Cow has an amazing costume (provided by Grandma), complete with udder!!! Sue
Guest Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 Our Kings song- A silver star was shining in the sky one night, To guide the Kings to Jesus by it's shining light. The kings had brought some presents for the baby sweet, They laid them very gently at his tiny feet.
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