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On 10th December we staged our Christmas play. As usual, we aimed for originality and seasonality. This year the play,"The Jolly Christmas Postman", was specially written by Sharron Rook, our Pre-school Leader, and Chris Bernard, our Plus 4s supervisor. As always, the emphasis was very much on relaxed fun, with the children being encouraged to explore their talents, but with minimal rehearsals. In fact, we were so laid back that we began to think that the play would be an enjoyable disaster! As it turned out, the children rose to the occasion magnificently. It seems we have a couple of unsuspected show-offs in our ranks!
The full script of the play is set out below. In brief, Joe the Postman, visited various places of interest around Woodcote, in keeping with the Pre-school's tradition of enjoying the 'great outdoors'. These included the school, the library, the doctors' and Somerfield, at which point the children gave a stirring rendition of "Five Mince Pies in a Somerfield Shop". Joe also delivered a catalogue, containing seeds for our allotment, to the garden centre. There was much singing and laughter, plus a lot of "aahing" from mums and dads as their little ones came on, one dressed as a fairy, another as the Rev. Nelva Moss and others as Mary & Joseph, gardeners and choristers etc.
Several children then eagerly grabbed the mic and volunteered to give eye-wateringly cute solos of various songs, including Baa Baa Black Sheep, Row Row Row Your Boat and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, whilst others wished everyone a happy Christmas.
A Christmas tree, kindly donated by Chris and Tanya Goodman, was then auctioned for a truly bargain price.
The Jolly Christmas Postman Once upon a Christmas Eve Just after it had snowed The Jolly Woodcote postman Came down the winding road And in the bag upon his back An interesting load A parcel for the libraryAn exciting book to share We love to choose new stories Whenever we go there Catalogue for the garden centreSeeds and plants to thrill To grow on our allotmentWith help from Mr Hill Rhyme Mary, Mary quite contrary How does your garden grow With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row. Joe the jolly postman carries on his way, And goes to the Primary School Where the children are at play They're getting quite excited It will soon be Christmas day Rhyme Georgie Porgie pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them cry When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away Joe the postman waves goodbye Leaving Georgie cross And as he goes along the road He meets the Reverend Moss "I've got a pile of letters here Some from your congregation I expect you're getting ready For the Christmas celebration" Rhyme Here's the church Here's the steeple Open the door And there's all the people See the vicar running up the stairs Kneeling down saying her prayers Next he called at Somerfield The busy village store He left his pile of letters Just inside the door Jolly Joe the postman Said "that's all for today" But out came the manager and offered him a tray of ..... Rhyme Five mince pies in a Somerfield shop Nice and round with sugar on the top Along came Joe with money that day Bought the mince pies and took them on his way "Well, cheerio" said Jolly Joe I really must be off I've got to see the doctor As I've had a nasty cough Oh dear, the snow is coming down I wish I'd brought my brolly He went into the Health Centre And there he met Miss Polly Rhyme Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick So she called for the doctor to be quick, quick, quick The doctor came with his bag and his hat And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat He looked at the dolly and he shook his head And he said Miss Polly put her straight to bed He wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill I'll be back in the morning for my bill, bill, bill The snow is gently falling Our postman has to leave He has presents to deliver And it's late on Christmas Eve He passes by the village church And hears the children singing The Christmas play has just begun The bells will soon be ringing All Singing Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh, hey Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh Now it's time for us to finish We have to leave this village hall So from all at Woodcote Pre-schoolA Merry Christmas - one and all All Singing We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year
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