Harvest Festival - Loxford | School

YEAR 12
HARVEST FESTIVAL ASSEMBLY
Mrs Newsam
Achievement Team Leader
Celebrating British Values
Tuesday 29th September 2015
HARVEST FESTIVAL POEM
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We bring the spare we do not really need (for surely God will honor all we
bring although it cannot make up for our greed).
And place into Christ’s hands our offering: “Turn water into wine again,” we
say, “and multiply my token loaves and fish to feed another hungry crowd
today.”
Our gifts, we know, will put some flesh on words of charity. Then into those
twelve empty baskets, let us place the gifts in us that need to be increased
and shared with greater generosity than we may be prepared to offer on our
own account.
For we are God’s most rich and splendid bounty, sown as seeds and
scattered by the Lord in every place the human race: the crowning glory of
the ever-evolving creation story.
We thank God that he does not only separate the wheat from tare, but takes
our very best then turns us into far more than we are.
Reverend Ally
WHAT IS HARVEST FESTIVAL?
• Harvest Festival is an annual celebration that occurs
around the time of the main harvest of a given region.
• Harvest Festival is a Christian celebration to give
thanks for the crops which have been safely
gathered in by the farmers.
• This harvested food ensures that everyone will be able
to eat well.
SUCCESSFUL HARVEST
• In Britain thanks have been given for successful harvests since
Pagan times.
• Harvest Festival is traditionally held on the Sunday nearest the
full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (22 or 23
September).
• The celebrations on this day usually include singing hymns,
praying and decorating churches with baskets of fruit and
food.
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
• Traditional in many schools during Harvest
Festival, students bring in tinned or packaged
food which is collected and shared within the
local community.
“A form of Active Citizenship”
• This then represents a modern day Harvest
Festival.
• Our food today will be given to the Local Food
banks in Ilford.
HARVEST FESTIVAL CELEBRATED ALL
OVER THE WORLD
Given the differences in climate and
crops around the world, harvest
festivals can be found at various times
throughout the world.
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A traditional Indian setting, for
the Vishu agricultural festival.
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National Harvest Thanksgiving
ceremony in Poland.
In Barbados Harvest Festival is
called CROP OVER
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Our food today will be given to the Local Food Banks in Ilford.
Thank You
Year 12
for
being
“Active Citizens”
Celebrating British Values
YEAR 12 STUDENT VOICE ON
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Name – Shorif
I have made this logo to represent Loxford
School and the food bank program so I can
do more for my school and my local
community. I wanted to do more for the area
and school that helped me grow as a person
through these crucial years. This is my way
of giving back and helping in a way I know
how to, it's my way of being an active citizen.
I used Photoshop to make the logo from
scratch using similar colors from the Loxford
logo. Thank you for giving me the opportunity
to contribute to this work that will not only
benefit the school but the local area as a
whole. Taking part in Harvest Festival has
taught me a lot about “British Values”.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Name – Zahra Nisar
Participating in the Harvest Festival gave me an
opportunity to thank God for all his blessings. I
was granted the privilege of decorating the stage
and putting the food in place. I decorated the
stage with different pieces of fabrics, dray leaves
collected from the school field and shoe boxes to
give it a look of a proper Harvest. Students
brought food and gifts for the poor people which
were placed by me around the decoration on the
stage. All of my year group participated by
bringing in canned or packaged food. The
contribution of all students was admirable.
I am confident that if we all keep working
together and keep contributing in such events we
will help the less fortunate people in our
community. Nobody will die with hunger
because even a small group of peop0le working
for a cause can make a big difference.
“If you can’t feed a
hundred people,
then feed just one”.
Mother Teresa
WELL DONE YEAR 12