Kent ICT: Festivals: Christmas
Christmas Links and Activities
With thanks to Woodlands Junior for giving us permission to use the the links they discovered.
Many of the links on this page are to external websites. All the links have been checked, but we cannot accept responsibility for the content on, or links from these sites. Please evaluate any websites fully before you use them with your students. Children should always be supervised by a responsible adult when using the Internet.
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Advent Calendar for Promethean boards
www.prometheanplanet.com
You need to register (free) and then click on Resources link on the toolbar. Search for Advent calendar or Christmas.
| Advent Calendars |
 | Key Stage 1 Advent Calendar Click on the screen to activate it and then search for the number. Click on the down arrow to play one of four games. |
 | World Advent Calendar How does red-suited Santa survive in the heat of a Brazilian summer? In what country is Pavlova a popular Christmas dessert? The answers to these and other fascinating questions about Christmas celebrations around the world can be found in their Interactive Advent Calendar. |
 | Santa Claus of Greenland This will look and sound amazing on your whiteboards. |
 | Your Name in Snow! e.g. msg=writeyourenamehere |
 | Interactive story with question prompts |
| Free Interactive whiteboard Christmas Resources for Key Stage 1 "Getting Ready for Xmas" is aimed at Reception. Two maths ones - Shopping and Shape'n'Space - are Year 2. One literacy based one for Year 1. | ||
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 | The True Meaning of Christmas A delightful poem explaining the true meaning. |
 | Fun Christmas Webquest Students type in the answers to questions on Christmas customs in England, using the information on the Woodlands Junior website. |
 | Email Father Christmas Children fill in an online form and receive an immediate reply from Father Christmas. Although this is a safe site we would recommend that children only use their first or nick name. |
 | Christmas Wordsearch Online interactive wordsearches. Topics include: Christmas Day, Christmas Food, Father Christmas, Reindeer and the Nativity. Can be saved to play offline. |
 | NorthPole.com Enjoy the joy and magic of Christmas in Santa's Secret Village. Write to Santa, read stories, enjoy Karaoke, play games and puzzles, print stories to colour-even put your class in a personalized story! Includes lesson ideas |
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| Christmas Crafts (Enchanted Learning) | Winter Crafts (Enchanted Learning) | Christmas cards (Primary Games) |
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 | - Great for the interactive whiteboard Over 30 graphics including dividers, a few religious clip art, Santas, reindeers, candy canes, bundles of wrapped gifts... www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/xmas/clipart.htm |
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| Free Xmas Activities from iBoard Christmas Teaching Resources Santa's heli-sleigh STARSHIP ENGLISH The Christmas Story - powerpoint from TES Christmas Tree lesson idea for the Early Years (Kent NGfL) Christmas Lessons from RhlSchool Christmas Lessons from Edhelper Maths Christmas Activities from Kidzone Various Christmas Activities from Teacher Resource Exchange A quiz for Christmas Advent and Christmas - Useful for RE lessons Teaching Ideas for Christmas from Teacher Net History of the Christmas Tree lesson plan |
 Christmas Activities |
| How Merry Christmas is said around the world Christmas in England (Woodlands Junior) Round the World Interactive Advent Calendar (Woodlands Junior) Christmas Around the World How Is Christmas Celebrated Around The World? - Includes worksheet World Map of Christmas Traditions (History Channel)
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