Silent Night- a Christmas Musical
This year’s Christmas concert was a little different. Imagine a small Austrian village getting ready for its annual Christmas pageant. Snowy weather sets in and the church organ won’t work. The mice have been nibbling at it! Not to mention Father Joseph’s manuscript for his Christmas sermon. What will they do? Never fear- with a little help from the village children, Herr Gruber, the school master, and of course the church mice-the pageant goes ahead. All our pupils put in brilliant performances- what talents they have! Performances from Luke and Warren were full of humour, and the addlibbing contributed to their performances. Their enthusiasm for the drama was infectious. The young soloists in particular - Max, Matthew and Gurdas were fantastic and who would have thought six of the older boys, wearing Green Austrian hats and lederhosen, would have been such good Bavarian dancers. The costumes were colourful and authentic to the Austrian setting and our thanks must go out to Mrs Bayliss for her invaluable support with the costume making.
The positive feedback received from family and friends of Hope was much appreciated and I would like to say a special thank you to all the staff for their wonderful and unstinting support.
I always feel the Christmas concert is a lovely start to the traditional Christmas festivities at Hope and our Carol Service at the church on the last day of term is also a chance for the whole community to come together in celebration. The children are looking forward to Christmas parties, a Christmas lunch with the Governors and a visit to the pantomime ‘Peter Pan’ in our last week of term. Parents are most welcome to call in a little earlier on Friday afternoon (2.45pm) as we are expecting a special visitor (in a red suit).
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy new year!
Karen Mosedale
Headteacher
