Pupils hold assembly to celebrate harvest festival

Pupils hold assembly to celebrate harvest festival

31st October 2014

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PRIMARY school children have been bringing in the harvest to help feed the region’s hungry.

Year 1 and 2 students from Bede Academy, in Blyth, celebrated their efforts with a special assembly for friends and family.

A packed school hall enjoyed a variety of readings and songs including Plough the Fields and Scatter, The Parable of the Sower and the Big Red Combine Harvester.

The donations of food were handed over to The Storehouse Foodbank, Tyneside Vineyard Church, to help families currently struggling to make ends meet.

Head teacher Irene Watson praised the children for their singing voices and performances, and thanked parents for their support of the annual Harvest giving.

She said: “The produce is going to the food bank to help people who need a little help. Anyone one of us here could suddenly fall upon hard times and need such support.

“We asked parents who they would like to help and they agreed that it should be a local charity rather than something overseas. All the food will be collected from the school and some of the children will help load it into the car and may have the opportunity to see it in the storehouse. This way it is more real and easier to understand for the children.”

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