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Christmas Textease  Activities
 Create an Advent Calendar using Textease Presenter
 Each page in the advent calendar could contain:
How to create an Advent Calendar
Your students could either start from scratch or use one of our templates. We have created two templates, one with the numbers linked to pages and on where the students will need to add the links.
Click here to download the Advent Calendar with the numbers linked
All the students need to do is add content to each day page.
Click here to download the Advent Calendar without the numbers linked
Students will need to link each number to the correct day.
Click here to download instruction sheet (PDF)
 Create an interactive Singing Page
Using Textease ability to add voice to object on the page, students can create their very own interactive singing page
Click here to download an example crated by James Barrett.
Top Tip: Press f5 to go to full screen
How to add sound to a page and voices to characters on a page (PDF)
 Find Santa - Using coordinates and NSEW
The idea for this activity came from 'Find the Teddy' Textease resource created by Andy Lakin-Hall, Crockham Hill Primary School.
Students click on the starting coordinate to receive the next coordinate and follow the instructions until they find Father Christmas. A template is included so more pages can be added.
After clicking on a square, it will disappear for three seconds.
Instructions for downloading this activity
You will need to download and extract the folder contain the files. It is very important to extract the files otherwise the links will not work.
(To extract files from a zipped folder, right click on the zipped folder and select Extract all. Then follow onscreen instructions)
Click here to download the 'Find Santa' Activity (pictured right)
 Write instructions for building a Snowman using a wordbank to help
Resources needed for this activity can be downloaded below. It is a zipped file. You will need to extract the files.
(To extract files from a zipped folder, right click on the zipped folder and select Extract all. Then follow onscreen instructions)
Click here to download snowman activity (pictured left)
Top Tip: images can be placed above or below another images by pressing Ctrl H for higher Ctrl L for lower.
 Create an interactive Memory Game
Students could have ago at creating their own memory game.
Skills and tools needed:
- Table toolbar
- Hide and Reveal tool - found under the Links icon
- Lock to page - found under Tools menu at the top of the page.
- Remove resize handles - Other menu > Object, then un tick size
Click here to download example (pictured right)
 Create an interactive Nativity Scene
Using the clipart on the Northumberland website, students can add their voice to the characters to bring the page a live.
ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativityalbum (You will need to click on each image before you will be able to drag them into Textease.)
Click here to download an example (without voices added) and support sheets (pictured right)
Click here to go to the Oxfordshire website where you can download a different Nativity example. (without voices added)
How to add sound to a page and voices to characters on a page (PDF)
How to create an interactive big book using Textease Presenter (PDF)
Handy skills needed to create the interactive Nativity Scene (PDF)
Create a Christmas Card
Click here to download the Christmas card template as seen on left
Click here to download example created using Textease Paint
 Help Father Christmas deliver his presents using Textease Turtle
This is a fun activity for all ages. Watch the legs of the reindeer move as you steer the sleigh across the screen. Santa even gives you a wave!
Older children could write a procedure for Santa's entire journey.
Click here to download the Help deliver the presents activity.
Design your own background in Textease Paint or add Clipart
Similar activity to the one above, but this time students design their own backgrounds.
Watch the legs of the reindeer move as you steer the sleigh across the screen. Santa even gives you a wave!
Older children could write a procedure for Santa's entire journey.
Click here to download template
Create flashing Christmas decorations in Textease Turtle
Using simple onscreen control commands, lights on a Christmas tree can be turned on and off.
Click here to download an example (pictured right)
Click here to download instructions to create one flashing light.
Click here to download a ready made image of tree
Click here for instructions on how to make the circles (lights) turtles (pdf)
Top tip: as you ar working with small circles it may be easier to remove the resize handles. ( Other menu > Object, then untick size)
Investigate stars with different number of points using Textease Turtle
A good introduction to creating stars using logo can be found in our Numeracy Zone. A set of five lesson plans guides you through creating stars and other polygons.
 Seeing Stars - lesson 4
Build on the polygon rule in lesson 3 by investigating the construction of stars.
The following command line creates a 6 pointed star. It is helpful for the students to investigate how each section in command line functions first before trying more complicated stars.
repeat 6
[left 60 forward 10 right 120 forward 10 left 60 right 60]
end
Click here to download investigation document (pictured right)
Once pupils have created a simple star they can move on to:
- Making a star with more or less points
- Making a star with longer points
- Investigating changing the variables in a ready made procedure. (Click to download file)
- Writing their own procedure for creating a star
- Can they shorten their procedure?
- Can they write a procedure that uses variables to create stars with any number of points
 The total cost of Christmas presents
Can your students work out the total cost of:
Click here to download a simple activity where students use Auto sum to add the cost of all the presents in the Top 12 presents for 2007
Click here to download activity (pictured right)
Click here to read about how one school assessed their students carrying out a similar activity.
Create Christmas Wrapping paper using Textease Paint
Design a poster for the school Christmas bazaar/play/Christmas Assembly.
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