{"id":207,"date":"2015-12-14T23:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T23:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reception15.minchacademy.net\/?p=207"},"modified":"2022-01-20T09:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:14:13","slug":"the-first-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/2015\/12\/14\/the-first-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been learning the First Christmas story and this week we all got dressed up and acted out the story. We had Mary and Joseph, donkeys, sheep, shepherds, camels, wise men, angels and stars. \u00a0We started in Nazareth (school foyer) and travelled to Bethlehem (Holy Trinity Church). We also sang some of our Christmas songs in preparation for the whole school Christmas service on Friday.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-207 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3992.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3992-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3992-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3992.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209'>\n\t\t\t\tMary and Joseph\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3993.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3993-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3993-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3993.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-229'>\n\t\t\t\tDonkeys \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3999.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3999-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3999-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3999.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-212'>\n\t\t\t\tShepherds and Sheep\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3995.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3995-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3995-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3995.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210'>\n\t\t\t\tAngels\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3998.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3998-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3998-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_3998.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-211'>\n\t\t\t\tMore Angels\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4005.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4005-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4005-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4005.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-213'>\n\t\t\t\tCamels and Stars\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4013.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4013-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4013-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4013.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215'>\n\t\t\t\tWise Men\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4051.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4051-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4051-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4051-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4051.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-226'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Baby Jesus is Born\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4045.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4045-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4045-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4045-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4045.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-225'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Angels tell the shepherds the good news\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4025.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4025-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4025-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4025-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4025.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4041.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4041-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4041-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4041-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4041.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the Stable\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4058.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4058-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4058-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4058-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/12\/IMG_4058.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-228'>\n\t\t\t\tAltogether\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been learning the First Christmas story and this week we all got dressed up and acted out the story. We had Mary and Joseph, donkeys, sheep, shepherds, camels, wise men, angels and stars. \u00a0We started in Nazareth (school foyer) and travelled to Bethlehem (Holy Trinity Church). We also sang some of our Christmas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/2015\/12\/14\/the-first-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The First Christmas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/reception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}