Live Animals Featured in Wokingham School’s Nativity Play

A Wokingham school’s nativity play featured live animals alongside its student performers. Camels, donkeys, and goats were brought into Holme Grange School’s playground to appear with Year 6 pupils. The camels were transported from Warwick, the donkeys were obtained from a local source, and the goat resides on a small farm within the independent school’s premises. This marks the fifth consecutive year the school has incorporated live animals into the event. The nativity narrative recounts the birth of baby Jesus to Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. Headteacher Clare Robinson stated: “It’s about us wanting to give the pupils the opportunity to live the experience and go through the different stages of the story.”[They can] gain a perspective from the people perhaps who were there at that time many years ago”. Year 6 pupil Twisha commented: “I think was absolutely brilliant. “This is something I’m going to look back on one day and say ‘I rode camels!’ it was an amazing experience.” Twisha further noted: “Getting up and getting down [from the camels] was the hardest, because you’d shake and wobble from side to side”. BBC Berkshire content is available on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Copyright for this material is held by BBC, 2024. All rights are reserved. The BBC disclaims responsibility for the content found on external websites. Information regarding the BBC’s policy on external linking is available.