MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025
We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Please note that the school will be closed from the 21st of December until the 7th of January 2025.
We’ll see you on Wednesday, 8th of January!
We hope you enjoy your holidays very much!
CHRISTMAS GAME: Snakes & Ladders
*Downloadable PDF at the bottom of the page.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Goal: To be the first player to make their way to 100.
How to play: Place counters at the start. (You can cut and use the counters next to the game).
Players roll a die and move that number of spaces on the board. If a player lands on a ladder, they can climb to the top of it. If they land on a snake, they need to slide back down to the bottom.
If a player lands on a star with a question mark, they have to answer one of the questions. If their answer is correct, they can roll the die again. If it is incorrect, they have to go back one square.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
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What colour suit does Santa wear? What are the names of Santa's reindeer? Who helps Santa make toys? What food do you leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve? What drink do you leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve? What traditionally goes on top of the Christmas tree? Which reindeer has a red nose? Where does Santa Claus live? What colour is the Grinch? What is the name of the snowman in the film Frozen? |
What are the names of these dates? 24Th, 25th, 31st of December, 1stof January. What do people traditionally do under the mistletoe plant? Where do children hang their stockings on Christmas Eve? From which country does the poinsettia plant originate? How many points does a snowflake have? What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas? Which country does the tradition of Christmas trees come from? Name 2 of Father Christmas’ reindeer apart from Rudolph. The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film? In which modern country is St Nicholas’s birthplace and hometown? |
Answers (easy):
- Red
- Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
- Elves
- Cookies
- Milk
- A star or an angel
- Rudolph
- The North Pole
- Green
- Olaf
Answers (advanced):
- Christmas eve, Christmas day, New Year’s eve, New year’s day
- Kiss
- Next to the fireplace
- Mexico
- Six
- Panettone
- Germany
- Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donner, Blitzen
- The Nightmare before Christmas
- Turkey
