Pupils from primary schools across Oxfordshire have been taking part in Nativity plays for many years. Performing in front of audiences has been more difficult this year and last due to the pandemic but these photos show children having fun.
Schools in some parts of the country were forced to cancel Nativity productions due to rising coronavirus cases.
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And following the detection of the Omicron variant, many schools decided to shift their festive concerts and Nativity plays online to reduce the risk of audiences spreading infection.
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Rachel Hornsey, headteacher at Sutton Courtenay Primary School near Abingdon, said her school moved the show online to avoid 'potentially ruining people’s Christmases', a decision shared by leaders of about 30 schools in the same academy trust.
She said there were benefits to filming productions, which teach children how media is produced, allow for creative set design and enable more family members to watch the show at a time that suits them.
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She told the Guardian: "You can never replace the excitement of children standing up speaking to a large audience, that boosts their confidence massively, but we found that with filming we could allow children to do their scene, watch it back, and we could instil the idea that you have to do things lots of times until you’re happy with it."
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