Below are a range of resources to support your Advent and Christmas at school.

 

Follow the Star, Join the Song (2023)

 As we journey towards Christmas this Advent season, we invite your school to join us in Follow the Star: Join the Song. We’ll be exploring the carol ‘The First Nowell’ and what the first Nowell was like for the shepherds, angels and kings in the Christmas story.

https://www.archbishopofyorkyouthtrust.co.uk/projects/advent-2023 

 

Follow the Start - Advent Journeys (2022)

In Advent 2022 we invited schools to join us in exploring some of the journeys made in the Christmas story and to consider how these can help and inspire us on our own journeys in life.

https://www.archbishopofyorkyouthtrust.co.uk/projects/advent-journeys-2022-download 

 

'Community Matters at Christmas' (2021)

This  is great resource from 2021

'Throughout Advent we will explore different communities from the Christmas story, see what they can teach us about community and how they can inspire us to make a difference this Christmas. Over four weeks, the resource celebrates how community can bring us joy, acceptance, generosity and love.'

https://www.archbishopofyorkyouthtrust.co.uk/projects/community-matters-at-christmas-download-page

 

A range of resources for schools, households and churches throughout the year, with specific Christmas resources for secondary schools

https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/faith-home/i-am-school-leader#na

 

The Diocese of Leeds Education Department have created daily collective worship resources to take you through the journey of Advent.

https://learning.leeds.anglican.org/rol/rhythm-of-life-schools-2/rhythm-of-life-schools/

 

Some great Advent and Christmas resources devised by the Diocese of Guilford Education Department 

https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/education/christian-distinctiveness/collective-worship/advent-and-christmas

 

https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/resources/collections/christmas-resources/ 

https://shop.childrenssociety.org.uk/christingle.html