Oakhurst First School in West Moors travelled through the ages with their Christmas show from ancient Rome to the 21^st century with ‘How Christmas Came to Be’.

At Three Legged Cross First School the children performed ‘Nativity Rock’ – an uplifting version of the traditional story with a number of new songs, which were performed with actions.

St Ives Primary staged two shows, with its younger children performing in ‘A Midwife Crisis’ and older pupils giving laugh out loud performances in ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’.

For St James CE First School in Alderholt it was a very traditional nativity for its nursery and reception children while pupils in Years 1 to 4 staged ‘It’s a Cracker’.

At Sixpenny Handley First School the staff and children performed a nativity at the local church, led by its reception and year 1 children, while Years 2 to 4 children put on a pantomime version of Aladdin.

And at St Mary’s CE First School in West Moors the children produced ‘Christmas around the World’.

Year 4 children have also been singing Christmas carols to residents of care homes and creating Christingles for a special service at St Mary’s Church, in which the school’s reception children also performed the nativity.