New Year's holiday script in English. Competitions for children's holidays in English English exercises on the theme of Christmas

Travel game for primary school students in English

Test 1. Quiz
In this test, team members will need to answer 5 questions correctly. All questions have 4 answer options. In this task, participants are tested on their knowledge of the culture of the country of the target language. For each correct answer a point is given.

Questions:
1. In Russia, the holiday celebrated from December 31 to January 1 is called New Year, but what is it called in England?
a) Silly dog ​​b) Christmas tree c) New Year d) Fireworks
2. On New Year's Day, Father Frost comes to children in Russia and gives gifts, but who gives gifts to children in England?
a) Snow Maiden b) Santa Claus c) Snowman d) Grandmother Frost
3. You take a word that does not apply to the New Year.
a) Snow b) Presents c) Cat d) Christmas tree
4. What should you say in English to wish Happy New Year?
a) Happy New Year b) Good New Year c) Lucky New Year d) Better New Year
5. Choose the color of the New Year symbol
a) Black b) Purple c) Blue d) Green

Correct answers: 1.c 2.b 3.c 4.a 5.d

Test 2. New Year's web.
In this challenge, teams need to find the largest number of words hidden in a fillword. For each word 0.5 points are given. To make it easier for participants, they are given a list of words to find at the beginning of the test. You have 10 minutes to complete the task.
Words: Santa, Present, Snow, Tree, Toys, Decoration, Cake, Deer, Magic, Cold

F c o l d n o
d l f p e d b
o r t r e e o
t y o e r c m
r l y s n o w
f k s e u r p
v c r n y a o
s a n t a t t
a k m a g i c
x e d q v o f
v n b e x n d

Test 3.“Dress up the Christmas tree.”
Participants are given words in different languages. Their task is to choose only words in English and hang them on the Christmas tree.

Test 4. DIY or DIY card.
Team members are given a sheet of whatman paper, colored paper, glue, scissors, markers, paints, glitter, etc. Their task is to make a postcard; the faster they make it, the more points they will receive. If the card turns out to be very beautiful, the test leader may award an additional point.

Test 5. New Year's mosaic.
In this test, in 5 minutes, participants will need to assemble sentences that have been cut into pieces in advance (to make the task easier, you can specially cut the whole sentence not into words, but simply into different pieces, which can then easily fit together). For each proposal, participants are given 1 point.
Offers:
1. Santa Claus gives presents
2. Children like New Year very much
3. People eat tasty food and sweets
4. Kids like playing snowballs
5. Some people make a snowman

When each team passes all the tests, it returns to its original place and turns in its sheets, after which the jury counts the points and announces the winner. While the jury signs the certificates, the presenter asks the participants about their impressions.

Download Travel game for elementary school on the theme: New Year (in English)

The New Year is very soon and both students and teachers want a holiday. This is not a problem - there will always be exciting tasks that will embellish the not quite New Year's Mixed Conditionals or Present Perfect.

#Teachaholic has prepared 5 great New Year's activities for you that will help make the last activities of the outgoing year fun and memorable.

GUESS THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT

Levels: All

Materials: blank cards

Everyone loves gifts, and this is a very pleasant occasion for discussion. Give students blank cards and have them write on them the names of 3 New Year's gifts that fit the following categories:

• the gift I’d like to get this year;
• the gift I want to give someone I love;
• the best New Year’s gift I’ve ever been given.

Students' answers must be written in a different order. Remind students to sign their cards.

For lower levels, try replacing spelling words with pictures.

After this, students exchange papers and take turns trying to match the gift and the category. The authors of the cards must confirm or refute the guesses of their classmates.

To help students, be sure to write categories on the board in advance and suggest gift ideas. As an example, start with your list and invite others to find matches. Small prizes can be prepared for students who were able to guess all the categories.

THE BEST SECRET SANTA

Levels: Elementary – Upper-Intermediate

Materials: blank cards

The New Year is a good reason to start over with a clean slate and get rid of unnecessary things. This is exactly what we can offer students.

On the cards they should write the name of one thing that they would like to throw out of their house (a box, a broken clock, an old carpet, etc.) Collect the leaves, mix them up and distribute them again to the students. Make sure everyone gets someone else's card.

Now add an unexpected twist: inform that the items indicated on the leaves are New Year's gifts from Secret Santa. Each student must tell why he wanted to receive this particular gift and what he would do with it (students will have to use their imagination). After listening to all the stories, you can choose the best gift and reveal the personality of this Santa.

LETTERS TO SANATA CLAUS

Levels: Pre-Intermediate – Advanced

Everyone dreamed of writing a letter to Santa Claus and receiving the desired gifts. Give your students this opportunity in your English lesson.

This activity is great for brainstorming vocabulary. The letter consists of ready-made sentences with gaps that will be filled in with randomly selected words. Before starting, make sure students remember the different parts of speech; together give examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives.

At the first stage, without showing the letter, ask students to write down one word as an example of the part of speech that you will dictate, according to the omissions from the letter. As a result, everyone should have a list of eight words.

Encourage students to be more creative in their choice of words, since their vocabulary is not limited to the words beautiful and good. Then distribute the finished letters and tell them that they need to be supplemented by adding examples that the students came up with. After this comes the fun part when everyone reads their final letter to Santa Claus.

MISHEARD LYRICS

Levels: Intermediate – Upper-Intermediate

Materials: song White Christmas by The Drifters,

We've all had the opportunity to open the lyrics to a song to check whether we heard a phrase or word correctly and, to our surprise, discover that the original is very different from our "unheard version."

This is exactly what students will do as they listen to the well-known Christmas classic. White Christmas. The task is aimed at training listening skills and checking spelling.

Students work with handouts where the necessary words or phrases have been replaced with consonant ones, which is why the song has lost all meaning. You need to listen and correct the lines you heard incorrectly, which is not so easy! Students will practice listening, you will laugh a lot together and hum this song for a long time.

CHRISTMAS WORD SNEAK

Levels: Pre-Intermediate – Advanced

For this fun competition, students need to work in pairs or small groups. Each couple must present a dialogue in which they discuss their New Year's plans. Students are also given lines from well-known Christmas songs to include in their story. Depending on the number of people, you can distribute one line per group or per student.

The difficulty of the task is that they must use these lines discreetly - so that other students do not understand that this is a phrase from a song. After each dialogue, ask the rest of the students to identify which line from the entire story was a quote from the song. Those couples whose lines no one could guess win and receive gifts 😉 If you have time, you can listen to excerpts of the winners’ songs.

With the New Year and Christmas approaching, all teachers want to give their students a festive feeling. In order for the fun to be meaningful, of course, it is necessary to connect the celebration scenario with the subject being studied, so I offer you an English lesson on the New Year theme.

List of English topics that are activated in this scenario (or what young participants in the event should know):

1. colors;
2. appearance description;
3. numerals (within twenty);
4. Christmas decorations;
5. animals;
6. verb declension TO BE;
7. Basic knowledge of Present Simple.

I think such a matinee will be of interest not only to teachers, but also to active mothers and grandmothers who can arrange a real themed holiday for their kids.

English lesson about New Year

Presenter ( IN): Hello, dear children! We are glad to see you! Hello, dear guys! We are happy to see you!

IN: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Today we are going to show you our New Year Party! You will take part in all our competitions and games! Today you will see our New Year's Eve and take part in all our competitions and competitions.

B: So let's begin! So let's get started. New Year is a fabulous evening. Do you know what fairy-tale characters come to visit?

Children: Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Snowman….

B: Now let's name these characters in English.

Children: Father Frost, Snow Maiden, Snowman.

B: That's right. Who knows who comes to visit children in the UK? That's right, Santa Claus and the heroes of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland." Let's call them - Alice, the Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Humpty Dumpty... But the main character, of course, is Father Christmas - the Spirit of Christmas. He is the one who distributes gifts to children. Please tell me where he leaves them? That's right, he puts it in the socks and stockings that English guys hang on the headboards of their beds. And in the UK they really like to celebrate Christmas. Who remembers when this holiday is celebrated by the British? (December 25). Every home has a Christmas tree, which is decorated with beautiful toys and lights. Children, we have a Christmas Tree too. But look at her: she doesn’t glow with lights. Let's say the magic words to make our Christmas tree light up! One, two, three – light our Christmas tree!

B: It’s strange, the Christmas tree doesn’t light up... Probably something is missing.

The Snow Maiden comes in.

Snow Maiden: Good afternoon, my dear friends! Hello, dear friends!

B: Snow Maiden, you came to our holiday just in time. Answer us the question Why can’t we light our Christmas tree? Why can't we light our Christmas tree?

Snow Maiden(Competition 1): So, let me see. All clear. She was bewitched by wizards. Here they left a note. Let's see what is written here. To disenchant the Christmas tree, guys, I need your help. We need to complete different tasks using all our knowledge of English. In order for the Christmas tree to light up, you need to dress it up. Snowmen probably has the bag of decorations. Only we have a lot of Snowmen. We need to make an identikit. Guys, let's divide into teams. Together with the Presenter, I will describe the Snowman to you in English, and you will draw him for me. (Each child from the team listens to one sentence and draws one element according to what he heard).

He has a round face. He has big blue eyes. He has an orange small nose. He has thin pink lips. His ears are big and white. His body is small – it has two parts. He has long arms. His fingers are long. He has small blue legs.

He has an oval face. He has small black eyes. He has a red big nose. He has full yellow lips. His ears are small and red. His body is big – it has three parts. He has short arms. His fingers are blue. He has small black legs.

B(Competition 2): Now each of you will recognize the desired Snowman and take a bag of decorations from him. It's time to hit the road. Guys, do each of you know the rules of the road? What color should you cross the road with? But since you and I are going to a magical land where Father Frost, Snowmaiden, and Snowmen live, the traffic lights here are also magical. I will tell you the colors in English, only those who have this color in their clothes can cross the road. For those who don’t, ask those who have this color in their clothes to take you across the road.

Snowmaiden(Competition 3): Guys, we meet hungry animals along the way. It's winter now. The snow covered all food supplies. Let's feed them. I will show each team an animal. You must name it correctly and say what this animal eats. Each correct answer is worth one point to the team.

The presenter and the Snow Maiden show a rabbit, a wolf, a bear, a dog, a cat, and a bird.

Children name them and list what these animals eat:

A dog eats meat, sausages, fish… A rabbit eats a cabbage, a carrot, mushrooms…

Leading(Competition 4): Guys, everyone did an excellent job with this task. The Snowmen's houses appeared. But our road was blocked by a river that does not freeze even in winter. There is no crossing. We will jump over the bumpy proposals. I will give each team words on cards, they need to make sentences from them. Whoever composes a sentence correctly will not drown.

Words on cards:

1. have, we, dog, a nice.
2. Like, they, an ice-cream.
3. Mother, my, in, lives, house, a big.
4. Go, they, in the morning, to school.

(Competition 5): Almost a little left to the shore. But we no longer have any bumpy offers. There is only the verb TO BE. Who remembers how this verb is translated? How does he pronounce pronouns correctly? Here are cards for each team. Let's connect the pronouns correctly with the correct form of this verb.

IN: So we found the Snowmen's houses. Okay, I see the note. Who can read it and understand it:

Please, help me to collect toys for children.

Snowmaiden(Competition 6): Please help me collect toys for the children. And here is the list of toys. Guys, to collect toys from the list, you need to name them and their number in English. Teams, each of you will have your own list.

• 10 dolls,
• 15 cars,
• 13 lamps,
• 17 cakes,
• 11 balls,
• 12 buses,
• 14 bags.

IN(Competition 7): We found a bag of New Year's toys. Now we are ready to decorate our Christmas tree. Guys, come closer, please name each New Year's toy in English. Now, let's light our Christmas tree. What magic words do we know? One, two, three – light our New Year tree!

Snowmaiden: But that is not all. Let's go into the next room together. Today we will have a master class on signing postcards in English. We will learn how to write Happy New Year and Merry Christmas greetings correctly in English.

Cheer everyone up(to cheer) and bring in(bring in) a genuine(real) New Year spirit(spirit, spirit) to your party!

How?! As easy as pie(very simple) - by playing games!

Have you planned your New Year menu? Of course, you will spend lots of time carefully thinking over(think through) and cooking the tastiest(the most delicious) dishes for you family and guests(guests)! And how about entertainment(entertainment)?? Oh, just relax and think of the menu, as we have done everything for you!

Here is a short but very useful list of the most exciting(exciting) games to play with your relatives(relatives) and guests. Hope you will like them:

1. Guessing the resolutions (guess the author of New Year's resolutions):

   Make each of your guests(let every guest) write down 5 resolutions * , each on a slip of paper(piece of paper). Pull(pull out) one slip of paper out of a basket(from cart) and read it out loud(aloud). Everyone has to guess(guess) who made each resolution . At the end of the readings, the person who guessed the most correctly wins a prize(wins a prize). Read some wrong resolutions out loud for fun(for laughter)!

   * New Year resolutions- promises that a person makes to himself on New Year’s Eve (build a house, quit smoking, etc.).

2. New Year's Eve Scramble (New Year's "breaker"):

   Write a bunch of(many, also: bunch, bunch) different words on a piece of paper that have to do with(to relate to something) New Year's Eve, then cut and scramble(mix) the letters. The person who guesses(guess) the most words correctly wins a prize.

3. Celebrity hunt:

   Everyone writes the name of a famous person, character(character) or an animal on a piece of paper, which they stick to the forehead(paste on forehead) of the player on their left(left). Use tape(scotch tape) or office Post-It notes(sticky notes). Make sure(make sure) they don"t see the word. Now the game starts. Everyone else can see your forehead. The objective(goal) is to work out(find out, understand) who you are. Each payer takes a turn to ask questions(takes turns asking questions) about who they are - answers can be YES or NO only, like "Am I alive?" or "Am I a female?" etc. If you get a YES you may continue asking, if you get a NO play moves on to the left(the turn goes to the player on the left). Last person to guess(last player to guess) their name is the loser(loser). Simple, but very absorbing(fascinating, absorbing attention).

4. Winking Murder:

   All except(all except) the detective sit in a circle while the detective waits outside(outside, that is, leaving the room). One person from the circle is elected(choose) to be the murderer(murderer) * , and then the Detective comes back and stands in the circle. When he is ready, the Murderer winks at(wink at someone) people in the circle. Anyone who the murderer has winked at lets out a blood-curdling scream(makes a bloodcurdling scream) and dies. The Detective has three attempts(attempts) to guess the murderer.

   * One of the participants is appointed as a killer.

5. Guess the Word (guess the word):

   Write down 100 words on cards such as stare(goggle), grin(grin, grin), wink, giggle(giggle), laugh, plate, shoelace(lace), thread(thread) or any word you like.

   Stack(stack) the cards and put them in the center of the room. Divide(split) the players into 2 teams(team) and seat them opposite(opposite) each other. Set the timer(set a timer) or stopwatch(stopwatch) for one minute. Ask the first player from Team One draw a card(draw a card) from the pile(stack) and give clues(clue, hint) to the word to his / her teammates(players of their team) before the timer ends the play.

   So, if the word is "laugh", the team member might say, "What you do if someone tells you a joke?" Players from Team One try to guess the word; if they are successful(successful) before the time is up(time is over) * ,they get a point(earn a point). If the timer runs out(expire, about time) and the word is not guessed, the other team gets a point. Take turns(play in turns) until there are no cards left, and then add up(sum) points to see who wins.

   * If they manage to guess the word before the time runs out.

6. Fun photos (funny photos):

   Take the picture of(take pictures) each of your guests(guests) with the digital camera. Have them make a funny face(make a funny face) and be sure to tell them(be sure to say) there is a prize for the best face. After you have taken all the pictures, download(download) them to your computer or laptop and ask everyone to gather(gather) around the monitor. The winner will be judged(judge) on the greatest laughter ([ˈlɑːftə] laughter) * .

   * The one whose photo turns out to be the funniest wins.

7. New years win, lose or draw (draw or lose):

   This game is one of the active games played at the time of New Year. More than 6 players can play this game. Large drawing pads(notepad), pens and list(list) of important events are required(needed). Go through magazines(look through the magazines) and newspapers to pick out(choose) events(events) from past years. Use the headlines(article title) as " titles"* (title) to Win, Lose or Draw. For tons of fun** , let your guests team up in two"s(break into pairs) show them the title they need to draw. When the 2 players are drawing, others are trying to guess. If someone mentioned(mention) a word that was part of the answer, the players at the drawing pad can write it to simplify the task(make the task easier).

   * This is what the competition task is called according to the rules of this game.
   ** Tons of smth.– literally “tons of something”, colloquial. meaning a lot, e.g. tons of money- A lot of money, tons of time- a lot of time.

8. Cookie Decorating Competition (competition for the best New Year's cookies):

   If you are not good at guessing words or murdering with a wink:-) chase your losses(get even) by organizing a cookie decorating competition. Bake(bake) and decorate(decorate) New Year cookies to your taste(to your taste). Apply(apply) your imagination(fantasy) and be creative.

   You can get recipes ([ˈresɪpɪ] recipe) for icing and dough ([dəʊ] dough) from here, for example:



9. Sing in Chorus:
   To crown it all(to top it all off) suggest(suggest) that your guests learn and sing together with you one of the best-known and most cheerful(cheerful) winter songs in the world.

As you sing, take the pleasure(have fun) of watching the original Jingle Bells animation clip:

In the video below our teaching staff(teaching staff) is congratulating you on New Year 2013 and sining: “We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.” :-)

That’s a joke, of course, though be sure that at the moment we all are trying to sing along with(sing along with someone) the chorus ([ˈkɔːrəs] chorus). Don’t miss the chance to join us!(Join us!)

The test for the most persistent students!

Choose one correct answer in every sentence.

Olga shared a great find, and since it’s December, it’s especially important that it’s New Year’s Eve.

There is a widespread belief among parents that the days immediately before and after the holidays are not the best time to study a foreign language. These days, many are freeing their children from any exposure to English in order to immerse themselves in the holiday bustle.

Meanwhile, practice shows that this opinion is wrong. And today I will try to convince you that it can just become that “magic kick-off” that can awaken your child’s dormant motivation to learn English.

Let's put aside all the textbooks, audio and video recordings and workbooks - and take a look around. Which of the real, not book, characters speak English? Of course, Santa! And if your child knows not one, but two whole languages ​​(even if he knows only a few words from the second), he has every right to receive two gifts in the New Year: from and. You agree with me?

True, in the case of Santa Claus there is one tiny “but”: he does not understand a word of Russian. So if your child wants to write him a letter, he will have to do it in English - but you will help him, right? Here you have both spelling practice and eyes burning with impatience - two, as it seemed before, absolutely incompatible things.

By the way, if you don’t know where Santa lives, I’ll secretly share the address with you - after all, that’s what you’ll have to indicate on the envelope:

Santa Claus
1 Reindeer Lane
North Pole

It was from this address that my daughter received a letter last year:

Do you know what Santa wrote to her? He suggested to Dasha that he create one with his own hands, to which the elves could bring tasks every day. We settled on a version made from cardboard cubes, which my daughter signed herself, at the same time understanding the differences between even and odd numbers, and also making significant progress in counting:

Santa kept his word: the tasks actually arrived every day throughout December. And all of them, naturally, were in English. And now, a year later, I can say with confidence: believe me, if Santa asks your child to learn, dance to or draw a picture using the colors named in the letter (blue, red, yellow, brown, green, purple etc.), your child you won't have to ask twice.

Here is our list of tasks from Santa last year - I will be glad if it is useful to you:

Advent Calendar Activities

• It is very cold outside. You are lucky to have a home and some food to eat. Go out and share some bread with birds.
• Why not make paper snowflakes and decorate the windows today? Your home wants to look beautiful!
• Your home looks beautiful and festive. It’s time to think about trees growing outside. Pour some colored water and put some pieces of thread into an ice cube tray and put it into the freezer. When the water freezes, go out and decorate a tree with your ice toys.
• Make a paper chain for the tree.
• Decorate every door in your house.
• Make a birdhouse and feed birds.
• What do snowmen eat for breakfast? (Answer: Snowflakes) Do you know any other riddles?
• Write your letter to me. Yours sincerely, Santa.
• Learn a New Year poem by heart.
• Go out in the dark tonight. Look at lights and take some pictures.
• Make a gift for your friend.
• Write a New Year story together - have each person add a line.
• Describe what you love best about each family member.
• Bring home some snow and stand in it barefoot.
• Take out some colored water in a bottle and paint a picture in the snow with its help.
• Make a New Year drawing — use glitter to make the snow glitter and the stars twinkle.
• Put on a play. Act out your favorite New Year story.
• Draw a house on the kitchen window with toothpaste.
• Make a paper tree to decorate the refrigerator.
• Color the page I've sent you. You'll find it according to the plan I attach.
• Create homemade cards to give to friends and family.
• Go out with your camera and take some pictures of snow, trees and the sky.
• Read a story about New Year.
• Watch a New Year cartoon.
• Make some paper crackers.
• Draw or print a picture. Ask your mother to make some holes all along its outline. Switch off the light and shine a torch from behind your picture. What can you see?
• It's time to be generous. Make an ornament — then give it away as a present.
• It is a family game night.
• Let's have some fun today! Why not dance and sing to Christmas music?
• Bake New Year cookies.
• Well done, my dear friend! You’ve coped with all my tasks. Now it's time to celebrate. After midnight look for the present I’m going to send you in your Christmas stocking. Happy New Year!

This year, my daughter herself sat down to write letters to both Father Frost and Santa. And she no longer needs tasks - she herself knows what she can do in preparation for the New Year. But she is really looking forward to answers from both and, of course, the ordered gifts.

By the way, gifts from them also come in different ways: Santa Claus usually puts his surprise under the Christmas tree, and Santa - this funny and wonderful grandfather - out of habit puts his surprise in a sock hanging on the wall or a boot sewn specially for this purpose:

I wonder if you are one of those mothers who uses preparations for the New Year and other holidays to stimulate your child’s interest in learning the English language and the culture of English-speaking countries?