Green Fingers Club
At last the hard work of Leamington Primary School's 'Green Fingers Club' and Mrs. Farbon-Jones has paid off.
Children have worked hard all year weeding, sowing and planting and the whole school community has eagerly anticipating the harvest. There were carrots, lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, and beans.
The Green Fingers Club have also been busy keeping the flowers and plants around the school looking healthy and stunning!
Harvest Festival is a celebration of the food grown on the land. Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest are both worldwide and very ancient. In England, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as 'Harvest Festival', usually during the month of September.
Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them. This makes them want to share with others who are not so fortunate. In schools and in Churches, people bring food from home to a Harvest Festival Service. After the service, the food that has been put on display is usually made into parcels and given to people in need.