Print-friendly The Christmas Wish: Poems and raps perfect hand-outs for learning off by heart.

Use these text-only resource sheets to explore the language of The Christmas Wish and examine some of the author’s writing techniques. 

Let children's imaginations run riot with this activity that's perfect for discussing where ideas come from.

Give the children time to think about what their Christmas wish would be.

A perfect snowy game for reinforcing concepts of shape and size while exercising a bit of creativity along the way.

Hear a slightly longer version of Captain Scott's wife being interviewed. This gives a taste of what it would have been like back in Great Britain while Captain Scott and his team were adventuring in the South Pole.

Our podcast for the Snow topic sees the wife of Captain Scott being interviewed and gives a taste of what it would have been like back in Great Britain while Captain Scott and his team were adventuring in the South Pole.

These edited extracts are a challenging read and make for pretty grim reading but they could be tackled by older children with adult support.

Get a goose-eye view with ‘The Christmas Wish Google Earth™ tour file’.

A step-by-step guide to using The Christmas Wish .kmz file in Google Earth™.