A Dumfriesshire primary school has amassed food donations to help those in need.
Children in P3 at St Andrew’s RC Primary School in Dumfries organised a donations box and the whole school contributed with food items.
Headteacher, Mr Barry McIntyre, said: “Service to our community is one of our school values and I am impressed with the initiative and compassion shown not just by the Primary 3 steering group but by our school community response to the request for donations. We filled five large boxes. I am so proud of the pupils at St Andrew’s Primary.”
And today, Friday (October 11) – which also marked the end of term – a special Harvest Mass was celebrated by Father Gerald Donnelly in the school, with pupils giving thanks for the food they have and all the people working in industries that make sure there is a wide range of nutritious food to enjoy.
The Primary 3 class and their teachers Mrs Aisling Gilligan and Mrs Lorena Davidson also consider those who do not have enough to eat and were delighted when Queen of the South FS’s community coach, Michael Dunsire, called in to collect the donations and take them to the foodbank at Palmerston.
Two of the P3 pupils, on behalf of their classmates, said they were delighted to help out. Chloe Bennett said: “It was fun to organise and make posters and I think its right that it goes to people who don’t have much” and Georgie Rowan Robertson added: “We were having fun organising and we want to say thank you to all the people who donated things.”
Teacher, Mrs Gilligan said: “I was delighted that our children came up with this idea and wanted to reach out to those in need.”
And Mrs Davidson added: “If you think of all the skills these young children develop by doing something like this, it is just fantastic to support pupil-directed learning and let them run with their ideas.”