As some of you may or may not know, every year since I have been at my school (all 14 years!), I have composed an original song for the children to sing at the church for our Christmas performance. It's one of my favourite things I do in the year and to hear our children singing my own song always makes me very proud. As we teach the children, it is important that you learn to write for a specific audience, be that writing instructions for a recipe, a letter to your local MP, a fairy tale story for Reception children, a fanfare for a king and in this case, a Christmas song for a choir or school and I do this as an exercise to show that the learning never stops, nor does the creative process, no matter how old you are and that being a teacher is not all we are- we have skills, interests and hobbies that we do beyond the classroom. As well as, of course, showing the children I care about them by writing something FOR THEM specifically.
Hope this Christmas
It’s been a hard year and we’ve found things changing too much.
It’s hard to see when the hardships and restrictions can all cease.
Times are strange and there’s sadness so
We must stay strong, keep our faith and let’s have
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Don’t give up now, Trust and pray and keep on striving, keep the season’s Joy!
It’s been oh so hard, when we we’re lost and oh so lonely,
But we can find joy, if we try to seek it, try to let it shine,
Yes there’s fear but there’s courage, strength so
We must be kind, show our love and always:
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Don’t give up now, Trust and pray and keep on striving, keep the season’s Joy!
Keep the hope, keep the joy, don’t give up, share your love, you’ve got to keep that
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Hope this Christmas, Hope this Christmas,
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Stay safe this Christmas Stay safe this Christmas
Don’t give up now, Trust and pray and keep on striving, keep the season’s Joy!
This is part of my 'Advent at Home' post with Ang.