Rudolph

 


 

A reindeer in Lapland has shown the world that being different is fantastic and something to be proud of. 

Rudolph has a bright red, shiny nose and in the past, other reindeer would laugh and call Rudolph names. The reindeers would not let Rudolph play in any of the reindeer games, including the favourite, monopoly.

One year, Christmas Eve was plagued by a thick fog around the world and this proved to be a problem for Santa and the reindeers pulling his sleigh. Santa kept bumping in to tall tress and buildings; he crashed in to the Eiffel Tower in France and in to the Statue of Liberty in America. Santa needed a plan.

Santa returned to Lapland to mend the bumps on his sleigh and he was stunned to see a bright red light near his home. The bright red light was Rudolph's nose and Santa had an idea; he politely asked, "Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Rudolph was overjoyed to help and joined the other reindeer at the front of the sleigh. Rudolph's shiny nose provided a light that enabled Santa to travel around the world without any more accidents. All the reindeer realised how unkind they had been and apologised to Rudolph, who was a hero. The other reindeer told Rudolph that he would go down in history; Rudolph's difference saved Christmas.

And Rudolph has gone down in history- there is even a song about him!

- what do you see in the picture, who is it?
- what do you know about Rudolph?
- how was Rudolph different to the other reindeer?
- how did Rudolph feel about being different at first?
- why is it hard to be different sometimes?
- when the other reindeer were being unkind to Rudolph, how could one of them have stopped it?
- what was the problem Santa faced on Christmas Eve and how did Rudolph help?
- how do you think Rudolph felt when Santa asked, "won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
- How do you think the other reindeer felt about their behaviour when Rudolph guided the sleigh?
- "You'll go down in history!" what does this mean?
- what can we learn from Rudolph?
- why is this about No Outsiders? 
- which British value is this about?

 No Outsiders: We belong here by Andrew Moffat  (scheme of work for primary schools) 

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