Christmas is a time for giving – and never was that more obvious than over the last few days at Leswalt Primary!
Friday saw the welcome return of Owain Evans from Scripture Union Scotland with ‘Christmas Unwrapped’ to P5-7. This session offered pupils to take part in quizzes, arts and crafts, group discussion and reflection all centred around the Nativity Story and ‘unwrapping’ the message of the birth of the Baby Jesus. Christmas is a time for love, family and friends.
Allan Jenkins from Stranraer Development Trust dropped by today with a delicious treat for every pupil – a bar of chocolate! As he said, it’s a nice gesture to give to others at this time of year, and the SDT decided to gift a yummy gift to every Nursery and Primary pupil in our area. Such a thoughtful thing to do. The children will take this home with them at the end of the week.
Alison Graham from Apex also popped by today to pick up our Reverse Advent Calendar. Over the last few weeks, the pupils have been bringing in various bits and bobs to fill up our ‘Advent Calendar’. But instead of our calendar giving a treat to us – we are giving the treat to the calendar! Alison explained to the children where their kind donations would go – to Wigtownshire Food Bank. Trussell Trust oversees this and offers suggestions as to how to create healthy and nutritional food packs for individuals and families in crisis – whatever their crisis may be. This is a vital service, as this year they have already supported over 700 people (double last year’s number!) Apex work with other agencies to provide support to those who need it (food, clothing, bedding, advice, counselling etc) and local supermarkets help out by having a food bank drop-off in their stores. Lidl has also helped out with a Toy bank this year to ensure families get treats too. It’s all about a community working together to help each other in whatever way possible.
What could possibly illustrate the Christmas message better than these three events?
