The Crib Scene in Reception

In RE, we have been hearing the Nativity story in sections in our RE lessons. We first heard about the Annunciation, then the journey Mary and Joseph had to take. This week, we have been thinking deeply about the crib scene. 

We made a manger in the class room with straw. We thought about what it might be for and the children came up with ideas such as: 

'That's food for animals.' - Noah 

'That's what a horse sleeps on.' Anishka

We read the scripture from our Bible stating that Jesus was born in a manger in a stable, surrounded by the animals, we then placed a baby in the manger. The children reflected on how this humble start to Jesus' life shows that he came for ALL. 

'Jesus was a special baby but he didn't even get a bed. He didn't cry in the manger.' -Caasie 

We read a wonderful story called  Song of the Stars in which animals are preparing for Jesus' birth. The animals all call Jesus by a different name. Such as 'The mighty king' ' The prince of peace' 'The Good Shepherd' and 'The light of the world'. 
We thought about how these names show that, despite being born in a stable, Jesus came to be our Saviour and the king of the world! 

Through out our continuous provision following this lesson, the children were invited to make their own crib scene crafts and to design name label symbols for all the names for Jesus from the story.