Advent starts TODAY! and that means it’s time for our annual Reverse Advent Calendar. 24 numbered boxes will be displayed in the entrance hall, and children are invited to bring in donations for the Stratford Foodbank. Each day we will fill one or two of the boxes so that, by the last day of term, all 24 boxes will be filled and the food will be donated to those in need.

 

Urgently needed items include:

 

Tinned Peas (Not Mushy Peas)

Tinned Carrots

Egg Noodles

Tinned Corned Beef

Handwash

Honey

UHT Fruit Juice

Instant Mash

Coffee

Savoury Snacks

 

As these donations will not reach the foodbank until just before Christmas, they will be distributed after Christmas, please ensure that items have a few months’ shelf-life.

 

This will be a lovely way for the school to mark the approach of the Christmas season whilst remembering those less fortunate than themselves. Children do not have to donate but could donate multiple times if they wish. Donations can be brought in any time from now until Christmas and will be kept in classrooms until they are added to the calendar – please do not donate via the office.

 

This is the TENTH time, that we have run the calendar and it has always been a huge success in the past; we hope that it can be even bigger this year.

 

Wishing you all well as we approach the festive season.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Mr Sandle-Keynes

 

p.s. For those looking for a festive challenge this year, why not see how many of the items on the reverse of this letter you can cross off as donated? This is only a suggestion – please give whatever long-life items you are able.