| Whether you are a primary or nursery school | | | | Every year this holiday comes around and |
| teacher you will know that classroom walls are an | | | | classrooms are festooned with tinsel and |
| important place for educational and fun wall | | | | Christmas trees and images of Santa Clause and |
| displays which can be completed by students as | | | | umpteen reindeer. Why not try instead a snowy |
| part of a project, or by you as an education tool. | | | | scene. Start with a white background and build in |
| Here are some great ideas for both. | | | | 3D with cotton wool, papier-mache and |
| The Vikings | | | | polystyrene blocks. Windows in the room can be |
| If you are doing the Vikings as part of a project | | | | decorated with spray snow and handmade paper |
| why not try a long boat. This trademark of the | | | | chains make fun Christmas decorations which the |
| Vikings is the perfect large art project that all | | | | children can help make. It can be important to |
| ages can contribute to. Starting with the boat | | | | remind the kids that Christmas is not just about |
| section, the shape can be extended as long and | | | | getting presents, it is about sharing and being |
| as wide as you need to fill a space. The oars can | | | | generous too. |
| be made by students from anything from pipe | | | | The World Cup |
| cleaners and milk bottle tops, to real twigs. The | | | | Now that the FIFA World Cup is almost upon us |
| ship can be filled with portraits of student with | | | | there will be no escape. Instead of stopping your |
| Viking helmets on and the sails can be made from | | | | students from wearing football shirts and talking |
| scraps of material decorated by children. | | | | about games, join them in their interest and make |
| Jungle | | | | it a project. Create a wall planner of the games |
| An excellent project is to grow a jungle on your | | | | and use each day to teach them about the |
| wall. With a green background, the kids can draw | | | | different countries. Learning about the cultures |
| or paint and cut out their own pictures of real or | | | | associated with the teams can be in contrast to |
| imaginary animals which they can find in the jungle. | | | | the commercialism and passion of the event. |
| This can be accompanied with environmental | | | | Always remember when undertaking a new |
| lessons about deforestation and how paper is a | | | | project to include activities of interest to both |
| resource which should be recycled. | | | | boys and girls, and try not to let on which team |
| Christmas | | | | you support if you go for a World Cup project. |