Posada

Today, we had a visit from Reverend Tasha. We talked about Christian traditions at Christmas and in particular, the story of the Nativity.

Reverend Tasha introduced us to the 'Posada'.  The word posada means inn or lodging, and traditionally posadas are a celebration of the Christmas story.   In Year 2, we get the chance to have our very own Posada in the run up to Christmas and watch it travel to different homes on a journey around our village (it comes home with the children for the evening), just as Mary travelled on a donkey to Bethlehem.

Because of the short time we have between the 1st December and the end of term, not all children will be able to bring the posada home.  We will therefore draw a name from a hat each day to decide who will take it home for the evening before returning it the next morning for it to travel to another child's home!

We thoroughly enjoyed seeing Reverend Tasha and had lots of thoughtful and interesting questions for her!