Children at Peasedown St John Primary School have had a busy week celebrating Harvest at a range of events around the community.
In total, the school’s 400 pupils packed out three Harvest Festivals over a 5-day period.
School Headteacher, Ruth Noall, said:
“The theme for this year’s Harvest Festivals was sharing, fairness and kindness, and also for giving thanks for the food and shelter many of us have.
What made this year’s celebrations extra special was that we held three Harvest festivals in three different locations.”
Pre-school and Reception aged children held their service in the school hall where Revd Rachel Howlett, St John’s curate, led a short reflective talk about sharing not only what we have but also a smile.
Year 1 and Year 2 pupils held their service at the Methodist Church where Revd David Winstanley led a short reflective talk about fairness – if we share a banana we don’t give one person the fruit and one person the skin!
Years 3, 4 and 5 held their service in St John’s Church where Revd Matthew Street led a short reflective talk about sowing seeds that will produce kindness.
In all the services the children sang a range of harvest songs, recited poetry and shared examples of harvest artwork. The KS2 orchestra also played at the St John’s Church service.
“Over the course of the week, children also brought donations to school for The Nest Project,” added Ruth, “The previous week Vix Blythe from the project had visited school to explain the work of the project and how we could help babies, young children and new mothers in our area by donating toiletries. The donations received were amazing!”
For more information about Peasedown St John Primary School visit their website www.psjprimary.co.uk and follow them on Facebook at @psjprimary
