Nativity Play Licences, Filming and Streaming: Your Questions Answered
Yes, you need a licence to perform a published nativity play, even if admission is free and the audience is only parents. With a Learn2soar Digital Publication, the licence is…
How Long Should a Nativity Play Be? Running Times by Age
A nativity play for ages 2–5 works best at 10–25 minutes, for ages 5–7 at 15–30 minutes, and for ages 7–11 at 25–60 minutes. Choose by the youngest children in…
What Should a Nativity Play Pack Include? A Best-Value Checklist
A good-value nativity play pack should include everything you need to perform without extra purchases: editable scripts, vocal and backing tracks, sheet music, words for the children (on screen or…
The Best Nativity Play for Every Age
The best nativity play depends mostly on the age of your children. For ages 2–5, choose a short, song-led show with tiny or optional speaking parts, such as Our First…
Harvest planning? Let’s cross that off your to-do list today
Is the autumn term already moving at lightning speed? Need to get your harvest planning sorted asap?
No worries. Planning a primary school or preschool Harvest Festival doesn’t have to mean hours of late-night script writing or searching for music tracks.
Whether you need a simple rhyming performance for Nursery/EYFS, a whole-school acrostic spectacular, or a quick-rehearsal assembly package to save you time, we have you covered with our ready-to-use packages, complete with editable scripts, vocal/backing tracks, and more, to get you assembly-ready in next to no time!
A Bumper Harvest: Harvest Assembly Songs and Ideas
It’s Harvest time! As many schools and churches are now in full preparation for their harvest festivals, teachers and children’s church workers everywhere are looking for harvest assembly songs and ideas…
Well, there’s no need to look any further than Learn2soar Music’s fantastic range of harvest assembly collections. We have four great harvest assembly resources, suitable for ages 3-11. Each contains catchy songs, simple scripts and lots, lots more. Let’s have a closer look:
This truly is a bumper harvest assembly resource with songs, scripts and ideas. With seven songs and dozens of pages of stories and suggestions. You have everything you need for a harvest spectacular or split up the material so that you have plenty of songs and ideas for the next several years in a row. Either way it’s fantastic value for money.
What teachers say: “We used this with our whole school from Y1 to Y6. Each year group performed a different song, while the script was read/performed by the older children. It went very well indeed. Thank you very much.” – J Crompton – Music Teacher (more…)
21st Century Mother - NEW lyric video
Mothers Day 10th May 2026 – USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand – Mothers Day Videos
FREE Lyric Videos available - YouTube links below! We've created lyric videos for every track in our 'Mothers Day Assembly Collection', perfect for Mother's Day this Sunday in USA, Canada,…
Short Nativity Plays 2026: Our Top 10
Updated 2 November 2026 · by Stuart Ross Short on time this Christmas? The quickest nativity plays to rehearse and perform are Christmas Play in ONE Day (from 8 minutes,…
Church Nativity Plays: Our Top 10 (Not Just for Schools!)
Updated 2 November 2026 · by Stuart Ross
Every Learn2soar nativity play is suitable for churches, Sunday schools and children’s groups. Our top 10 for churches are Big Bad Ben Of Bethlehem, The Right Shepherds, Keeping Mr Inn In The Inn, C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S Spells Christmas (Infants and Juniors), Our First Nativity and Our First Nativity TWO, Happy Birthday Jesus, The Egyptian Nativity, What A Star, The ABC Nativity and Cool Carols.
Yes, we DO sell ‘church nativity plays’, as well as ‘school nativity plays’, and guess what? They’re the same thing! This may sound like an odd thing to say, but it’s become clear to us that not everyone understands this!
The truth is, ALL of our Nativity plays are suitable for church use. In addition, all our non-nativity Christmas musicals and plays still feature the true message of Christmas in one way or another. (more…)
The Christmas Musical Selection Box – Unwrapped
This year, make your school’s festive celebrations even more magical than usual with ‘The Christmas Musical Selection Box‘! It’s a delightful collection of children’s Christmas performances available now. Whether your planned school show is short or long, for older or younger children, Christian or secular, this publication has something for everyone.
A Variety of Heart-warming Stories and Songs
‘The Christmas Musical Selection Box‘ offers a range of enchanting stories and catchy songs that capture the essence of the festive season. With three modern festive tales, with optional nativity sections, each musical is carefully crafted to entertain and inspire audiences of all ages. With multiple easy-to-follow scripts, memorable melodies, and charming lyrics, these musicals are perfect for children to perform and for audiences to enjoy. (more…)
WWII Children’s Musical – Will Santa Get Shot Down – NEW UPDATE
New 2023 update for ‘Will Santa Get Shot Down’.
Our World War II Children’s Musical ‘Will Santa Get Shot Down’ has been updated for 2023. What’s new? Updated script, new artwork, updated staging advice with new ideas, new PowerPoint scenery and new PowerPoint lyrics.
‘Will Santa Get Shot Down’ is an uplifting Christmas musical that will make you laugh out loud and also bring a tear to the eye. Set in England on Christmas Eve 1940, Geoff and his family are about to spend what should be the most magical night of the year… in a cold, wet air-raid shelter! Based on a true story, this Christmas musical is perfect for children who are studying the history topic of life during WWII.
Please Note: This musical has nothing to do with the story of Santa, and there is definitely NO guns, or shooting of any kind! The title ‘Will Santa Get Shot Down’ is taken from a line in the script where the main character is worried about how Santa will still deliver presents while an air-raid is ongoing! A genuine worry for children in 1940!
This publication contains 9 festive songs (with vocal and backing tracks) which use fabulous 1940s style music. It also includes an editable script, sheet music, PowerPoints and more.
- Running Time = 40-50 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 2 weeks
- Cast Size = 6 to 100+ (Depending on content used)
Journey On Leavers’ Assembly – NEW UPDATE
New update for our best selling leavers’ assembly.
Journey On Leavers’ Assembly now contains lyric videos for every vocal track and every backing track, all available at no extra cost.
This digital publication contains four leavers songs with vocal tracks, backing tracks and lyric videos. It also includes a time-saving assembly presentation, featuring a funny play script, titled, ‘Sorry, I Grew Down The Kid’! With themes of growing, love, kindness and journeying through life, this straightforward assembly provides all you need.
- Running Time = 10-45 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 or 2 days
- Cast Size = 1 to 100+ (Depending on content used)
NEW Leavers’ Performance: The Year 2100 Class Reunion!
NEW RELEASE: The Year 2100 Class Reunion – Leavers’ Performance
A wonderful new musical play, perfect for end of year performances. A group of former classmates who went to school together in the good old twenty-twenties, are meeting again for a reunion party in the year 2100, aboard a space station! The ex-pupils reminisce about their time in school and discuss how their lives have panned out. With plenty of humour and themes of friendship, hope and environmental issues, this musical will give your students the perfect send-off!
This new playscript utilises many of our most popular assembly songs and comes with editable scripts, lyric videos, background scenery, PowerPoint lyrics, vocal and backing track MP3s, sheet music, songsheet and more. Please note that a shorter version of this play is also included in our Moving On Leavers’ Assembly publication.
- Running Time = 30-60 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 week
- Cast Size = 10 to 50+
Moving On Leavers’ Assembly – NEW UPDATE
How to Make Your Primary School Leavers’ Assembly Unforgettable
Are you looking for a way to celebrate your primary school leavers and make their last assembly memorable? Do you want to save time and hassle with a ready-made package that includes everything you need? If so, you might be interested in our newly updated Moving On Leavers’ Assembly.
This digital publication contains five leavers songs with vocal tracks, backing tracks and lyric videos. It also includes a time-saving assembly presentation, featuring a short version of our new leavers’ musical, ‘The Year 2100 Class Reunion’. With themes of growing through life, being the best people we can be, and caring for our planet, this fantastic, easy to use, leavers assembly provides all you need to make that last school assembly very special.
- Running Time = 10-45 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 or 2 days
- Cast Size = 1 to 50
Easter Songs: Rock Your School Easter Performances With Learn2soar Music
Easter is a wonderful time to celebrate with music and drama. Whether you want to sing Easter Songs, tell the Easter story, or have some fun with the Easter Bunny, you’ll find what you need at Learn2soar Music.
Learn2soar Music is a leading provider of high-quality music and drama resources for schools and nurseries. They have a wide range of Easter songs and Easter publications for children aged 3 to 11, suitable for both religious and non-religious settings. You can choose from digital publications that include videos, songs, scripts, sheet music and more. (more…)
Mother’s Day Songs & Assemblies from Learn2soar Music
Looking for a way to make your Mother’s Day class assembly memorable for your students and their families? Here are some resources from Learn2soar music to help you plan for a wonderful Mother’s Day presentation.
When is Mother’s Day?
Mother’s Day is celebrated on different dates in different countries around the world… (more…)
Assembly Resources from Learn2soar Music: The Ultimate Source of Fun and Engaging Assemblies
If you’re looking for high-quality assembly resources for your school, then you’ve come to the right place. Learn2soar Music is the ultimate source of fun and engaging stories, with songs, scripts and activities for your assemblies. Whether you need something for a specific season, festival, theme or topic, or you want something that works for any occasion, Learn2soar Music has it all.
Flexible & Editable Assembly Resources
With over 20 years of experience in creating and delivering outstanding assembly resources for primary schools, Learn2soar Music knows how to make your assemblies fun and engaging. Every Learn2soar assembly resource comes in the form of a Digital Publication, which contains songs, videos, PowerPoints, stories, scripts and activities, suitable for any 5 to 60 minute assembly slot. You can stream or download them instantly from the Learn2soar website, with an annual licence included. Moreover, everything is completely flexible and editable, so you can create your own custom assemblies. (more…)
Learn2soar Music’s YouTube Channel – Subscribe Now
Learn2soar YouTube Channel: A Great Resource for Children’s Assembly Songs
Are you looking for high-quality, easy-to-use, assembly resources for your school? If so, you should check out the Learn2soar YouTube channel.
Learn2soar Music is a UK-based company that has been producing music resources for over 20 years. They have thousands of delighted customers in over 70 countries. Learn2soar Music has something for every school, whether you need a catchy song for a harvest festival, a funny script for a Christmas nativity, or a complete performance for a leavers’ assembly.
On the Learn2soar YouTube channel, you can watch some of Learn2soar’s most popular assembly lyric videos for free. Covering topics such as perseverance, responsibility, citizenship, caring for the environment, Mothers Day, Easter, Remembrance Sunday and more. These songs are ideal for use in school assemblies or church services. Some of these songs are:
– In Our School: A simple children’s school assembly song that expresses the values and expectations of a school community.
– Lord Most High: A children’s hymn based on ‘The Canticle of The Sun’ by Saint Francis of Assisi that praises God for his creation.
– To Be A Responsible Citizen: A school assembly song that teaches children about their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
– Together: A school assembly song that encourages children to work together and support each other.
– Work For Peace: A school assembly song created for Remembrance Sunday, but equally suitable for any time of the year.
– Green Tree Blue Sky: Encouraging your students to care for the planet.
UPDATED: The Easter Assembly Collection
UPDATED: The Easter Assembly Collection
- Running Time = 10-25 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 day
- Cast Size = 1 to 100+
DESCRIPTION:
A time-saving collection of Easter songs and Easter talks / performance scripts, perfect for your Easter celebrations in school or church. It contains 10 brilliant Easter songs for children, with vocal tracks and backing tracks and new lyric videos (videos available in download version only). Plus 6 ready-to-use, editable Easter talks & performance scripts, containing ideas, stories, play scripts, activities, readings, prayers and much more. A truly fantastic song and assembly collection, with everything you need to make your Easter celebration or Easter service extra special! (more…)
Our Ukraine Response – Learn2soar Music – March 2022
Our response to the situation in Ukraine
We are completely appalled at the unjustified, barbaric invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. We hope and pray for a swift and peaceful resolution.
As a company, there are several areas of our business operations that we have had to re-evaluate in light of this Russian aggression towards a peaceful neighbouring country, and the unparalleled refugee crisis that Russia’s monstrous acts have created:
With Regards to our Russian Customers
Like every other UK company, we are now looking carefully at the business we do with Russia. It is true that our sales in this location have historically been a lot lower than most other nations. Just a few dozen orders over the last 20 years. Nevertheless, we still feel that for the time being, we should no longer provide goods and services to Russian customers.
Donations
We have looked back over our company’s entire history for the last two decades and calculated all the money we have ever taken from any customer located in Russia or Belarus (full turnover, not just profits) and have made a donation equal to this total towards the Ukraine refugee crisis appeal, via the Disasters Emergency Committee (dec.org.uk).
Affected Publications
Four of our publications have been affected by the war in Ukraine. We have had to re-evaluate each one and are dealing with each in slightly different ways: (more…)
UPDATED: The Mothers Day Assembly Collection
UPDATED: The Mothers Day Assembly Collection
- Running Time = 10-40 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 day
- Cast Size = 1 to 40+
DESCRIPTION:
A time-saving collection of Mothers Day songs and Mothers Day talks / performance scripts, perfect for your Mothers Day celebrations in school or church. It contains 6 brilliant Mothers Day songs for children, with vocal tracks and backing tracks and new lyric videos (videos available in download version only). Plus 3 ready-to-use, editable Mothers Day talks & performance scripts, containing ideas, stories, play scripts, activities, readings, prayers and much more. A truly fantastic song and assembly collection, with everything you need to make your Mothers Day celebration or Mothers Day service extra special! (more…)
Service Update from Learn2soar Music UK Jan 2022
Update: Jan 6th 2022
Happy new year to all our customers around the world, and thank you for your continued support over the last few years during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Although the last few years have been very tough, thankfully we’re still open for business, and all our staff are fit and healthy. However, our thoughts remain with all those that haven’t been so fortunate.
We still anticipate a lot of disruption for our customers around the world for the foreseeable future. Therefore, we have included a detailed Coronavirus Advice Sheet with every one of our publications, to help you make your performances as safe as possible. We are also extending our Licence Refund offer, so that if any of your planned performances for 2022 have to be completely cancelled for Covid reasons, then any related licence fees you’ve paid to us will be refunded (conditions apply). (more…)
NEW Keeping Mr Inn In The Inn
NEW Keeping Mr Inn In The Inn: A rib-tickling, time-saving Nativity for KS1 / KS2
- Running Time = 20-50 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 3 days
- Cast Size = 1 to 100+
DESCRIPTION:
A funny, tongue-twisting nativity, which tells the story of two Bethlehem innkeepers, who own competing inns. Firstly, there’s our hero, kind-hearted Mr. Inn, and then there’s his greedy, mean rival, Mr. Out. But one inn must close! Only one can survive!
‘Will Inn be in, or Out be out?
Or Out be in, and Inn be out?
We do not know,
But we have no doubt,
We’ll find out soon enough!’
Covering themes of care, kindness, charity, and friendship, this humorous musical with catchy songs and ingenious scripts will keep your cast and audience completely enthralled.
With ten wonderful songs, three editable scripts, and added extras like PowerPoint scenery, PowerPoint song words, sheet music, staging advice and more, you have everything you need for a laugh-out-loud, tongue-twisting nativity. (more…)
NEW Our First Nativity – Major Upgrade!
NEW Our First Nativity – Our best-seller has been given a HUGE makeover, making it better than ever.
- Running Time = 10-25 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 2 days
- Cast Size = 2 to 100+
DESCRIPTION:
Our biggest selling publication by a long way, ‘Our First Nativity’ is an utterly simple Nativity play for ages 2-5. It features 8 incredibly easy songs, all based on familiar tunes and nursery rhymes, with vocal & backing tracks included. The songs are linked by a choice of three time-saving editable scripts, giving you great flexibility no matter what the size, age or ability of your cast.
With added extras like new lyric videos, new PowerPoint scenery, PowerPoint song words, sheet music, staging advice and more, Early Years nativity plays really don’t get any better than this!
WHAT’S NEW?
We’ve made a few major new additions: (more…)
New for Harvest 2021: The Little Black Cloud
NEW: The Little Black Cloud has been completely updated for Harvest 2021
- Running Time = 15-20 minutes
- Minimum Rehearsal Time = 1 day
- Cast Size = 1 to 60
DESCRIPTION:
An easy-to-use, short children’s musical, perfect for harvest 2021, but equally suitable for any time of the year.
‘The Little Black Cloud’ tells the story of a nice friendly cloud who just wants to share his lovely rain. To his surprise though, he finds that most people don’t seem to want it! He then meets a farmer whose crops are dying because of a drought. Can the Little Black Cloud save the harvest?
This simple performance is approximately 15-20 minutes in length and is very easy to learn and stage. It contains six short songs, three of which are repeated several times over through the performance. There is also an optional hymn to finish off, based on ‘The Canticle of The Sun’ by St. Francis Of Assisi. The songs, which are beautifully sung by a very young child, are linked together by one of two included scripts: a simple narrators’ only script, and a rhyming playscript. All the backing music is included so there’s no need for a pianist. This product also comes with PowerPoint scenery, PowerPoint songwords, sheet music, songsheet and more. (more…)
Mothers Day YouTube Playlist
We still have ALL of our ‘Mothers Day Assembly Collection’ songs available for free on our YouTube channel. That’s six complete mother’s day songs with on-screen lyrics, with something suitable for all ages from 5-11.
Here is a link to the playlist:
Lights, Camera, Action! Christmas Video Advice For Your 2020 Performance
We’re getting swamped with requests for advice on how best to share recordings of Christmas video performances with parents, since Covid restrictions have put a stop to live audiences in most countries around the world. But before we get to our recommendations on distribution, let’s first look at some of the practical and legal issues around recording or streaming your performance.
Don’t Stop Your Showstoppers!
UPDATED AUGUST 2021
Covid restrictions don’t need to put a stop to your 2021 Christmas performance
This article was originally created last November. Since then the Coronavirus situation has changed in various ways for all our worldwide customers. Some have seen situations improve, some have seen things get worse. But one thing is certain, it would be foolish for us to not anticipate any further Covid disruption for planned Christmas performances around the world during 2021. Nevertheless, we still believe that whether schools are open or not, with plenty of technological / video / streaming options available, and with Covid advice sheets included with all our publications, there’s no need to let Covid put a stop to your school’s Christmas performance.
While many of our competitors are stuck with publications that may be suitable for only one type of setting, we’re confident that most of our Christmas performances will suit almost ANY situation.
VIEW OUR FULL RANGE OF CHRISTMAS MUSICALS & NATIVITY PLAYS
What’s the difference? Some of our competitors have just one single script included with each of their publications, with no editing allowed. This means that it might only be suitable for small casts or might only be suitable for one specific age-range, which can be very limiting. However, most of our publications are super-flexible with as many as five script variations included! And we always include fully editable scripts, so you can quickly make any changes you want to help adapt the script to suit your specific requirements.
- Small group shows? Or whole school performances? No problem.
- Big bubbles? Little bubbles? Easy-peasy.
- Singing? No singing? We’ve got you covered.
- Zoom? YouTube? Vimeo? Go for it! Order one of our Recording Licences and then record or stream to your heart’s content (conditions apply).
And with regularly updated ‘Covid advice sheets’ included with every publication, you have even more detailed suggestions for ways to make your performance as safe as possible.
So, rather than us sharing what we think you should do (because every school setting is completely different) here are several case-studies from customers who spoke to us last year about their planned approaches towards their 2020 Christmas performances:
Service Update from Learn2soar Music UK
Update: November 24th 2020
Thank you to all our customers around the world, for your continued support during this global coronavirus pandemic. We are still seeing a strong desire from our regular customers around the world to continue with their Christmas performances, in as normal a way as possible, but with appropriate Coronavirus mitigations in place. With this in mind, we have included a detailed Coronavirus Advice Sheet with every one of our publications, to help you make your performances as safe as possible. This advice sheet has been updated again within the last few weeks.
In addition, several areas of our business operations continue to be slightly affected moving forwards:
Leavers Assembly 2020 – A Socially Distanced Leavers Assembly
‘Zooming On Leavers Assembly’ has now been completely updated. It contains New Lyric Videos for every vocal track and every backing track. Click the image above to go to a YouTube playlist, containing two complete videos.
Any Leavers Assembly 2020 could be problematic for schools, but we think ‘Zooming On’ offers a perfect, socially distanced solution.
This assembly pack has now been almost completely transformed since it was first released several years ago. As well as the new lyric videos, it also contains remixed MP3 vocal and backing tracks. Plus, a new longer script, updated sheet music, songsheet, PowerPoints and artwork.
Socially Distance Your Leavers Assembly
But with the current Coronavirus pandemic, many schools are wondering if, when and how they can still hold any type of Leavers Assembly during 2020. We believe that Zooming On provides a great solution. You can read the script out, with no acting, and no need for any of the pupils to get close to each other. You can perform the songs as solos, rather than group singing (which appears to be frowned on at the moment).
And what about the audience? Well if you are unable to perform outdoors to a socially distanced audience, then why not record your performance and put the video on your school website or YouTube channel. Remember to password protect it so that only pupils, staff and families from your school can see it. If not, then you may be in breach of copyright laws. If you need any help with this, then we’re very happy to offer assistance.