--- title: "Pre-School-Decorating The Christmas Tree-Gross And Fine Motor Skills" url: "https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-12-10-pre-school-decorating-the-christmas-tree-gross-and-fine-motor-skills" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Pre-School-Decorating The Christmas Tree-Gross And Fine Motor Skills ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/0645e397-605b-4d3f-978f-b797554da01f.jpg) 10 December 2025 We officially kicked off the festive season today by decorating our classroom Christmas tree! The children absolutely **loved** getting into the Christmas spirit. This wasn't just fun, though—it was a fantastic workout for their physical skills: - **Gross Motor Skills:** The children used their large muscle groups, stretching high onto their tiptoes and reaching their arms wide to carefully wrap the **tinsel** around the whole tree. - **Fine Motor Skills:** Great care and concentration were needed to grasp the delicate **baubles**, unhook the small metal hangers, and carefully place them onto the tree branches without dropping them! It was wonderful to see their teamwork and excitement as they transformed our classroom into a winter wonderland! They did an amazing job! ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/0645e397-605b-4d3f-978f-b797554da01f.jpg) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [English](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/english) [Pre School](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/tag/pre-school) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/38d35884-cd64-42de-a5a4-436449f17389.jpg)](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-12-09-nursery-art-christmas-trees) Previous ### [Nursery - Art - Christmas Trees!](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-12-09-nursery-art-christmas-trees) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/year_2_-_maths.jpg)](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-12-11-year-2-maths-number-bonds-to-20) Next ### [Year 2 - Maths - Number Bonds to 20](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news/2025-12-11-year-2-maths-number-bonds-to-20) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/news) - [Events](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/events) - [Clubs](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)