New Year

To celebrate the New Year.

by Gordon and Ronni Lamont

Suitable for Key Stage 1

Aims

To celebrate the New Year.

Preparation and materials

• Read through the poem.
• Some calming music would be useful for the reflection at the end.

Assembly

1. Teach the children the following simple refrain:
   
   New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year.
   
   Explain that they can all join in with these words whenever they hear them and that the number of claps will increase with each verse of the poem. Practise the first two verses, then go back to the beginning and do the whole thing.
   
   One thing is clear
   As we start the New Year.
   
   (All) New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year.(1 clap)
   
   Two things are true
   Joy to me and to you.
   
   (All)New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year. (2 claps)
   
   Three things under the sun
   Smiles, fun, joy to everyone.
   
   (All) New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year. (3 claps)
   
   Four things I know
   New start, new school term
   New things to discover
   New places to go.
   Four things I know
   New places to go.
   
   (All) New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year. (4 claps)
   
   Five things I see
   My family, my friends
   My classmates, my teacher
   My school.
   Five things I see
   All care for me.
   
   (All) New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year.(5 claps)
   
   Six things I bring
   Myself, my ideas, my fun
   My laughter, my brains, my strength.
   Six things I bring
   And that’s why I sing
   
   (All) New Year is here
   Clap in the New Year. (6 claps)
2. Move straight into the song at this point - ‘Celebration rap’.

Time for reflection

End by asking everyone to be still and quiet after all the noise and excitement.

Prayer
Dear God,
thank you for the New Year.
Thank you for new beginnings.
Thank you for everything new.
Amen.

Song/music

‘Celebration rap’ (Come and Praise Beginning, 7)