As we journey towards Christmas this Advent season, we invite your school to join us in The Joy of Christmas, a brand new collective worship resource for Advent 2025 aimed at KS2 and KS3 learners.
For KS1 pupils there is a brand new version of the book The Grumpy Owl and the Joy of Christmas, which tells the story of Jesus’ birth through the eyes of an owl who seems determined to miss all the excitement. You can find out more about this here: https://cofe.io/TheGrumpyOwl/
At KS2 and KS3 we focus on the central theme of grumpiness into joy, taking time to reflect and celebrate the key characters in the Nativity story, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and the wise men. We’ll explore what might have made them grumpy, or find things difficult, and how they found joy in connection, trusting, sharing, and following.
Schools can sign up here: www.nse.org.uk/ayla/advent