Shrewsbury Primary School’s Christmas Video Promotes Food Bank Awareness

A primary school has produced a distinctive Christmas video aimed at increasing understanding of food banks. Personnel at Coleham Primary School in Shrewsbury initiated the creation of an annual Christmas video five years ago, during the pandemic, with the goal of bringing festive joy to their pupils and families. Assistant head teacher Chrissie Harris stated that for this year’s video, the school collaborated with Shrewsbury Food Hub, intending to acknowledge the diligent efforts of its teams in distributing food to individuals requiring assistance. Ms Harris expressed her hope that the video would encourage contributions to the food bank and “give something back to the community”. Doug Williams, who manages digital media for the school, has participated in the production of these videos since their inception. He commented, “The children love it, the parents really like it too, it’s a worthwhile thing, I always look forward to making it for them.” He further mentioned that school personnel had discussed producing a charity-focused video to commemorate the fifth anniversary for a number of years. Ms Harris stated: “We try try a cause minimum disruption to the children’s learning, but equally we know these additional curriculum experiences offer lots of valuable input to the children’s lives”. Students, having gained knowledge about the food bank’s role in assisting the community, organized their own Friday night dinner for parents within the school hall, utilizing excess food that would ordinarily be discarded. Alexa, aged eight, and Lola, aged 10, are among the individuals appearing in the charity video. Lola expressed her enjoyment of observing her teachers perform in earlier years’ videos and was very eager to participate. Alexa commented: “It’s really fun seeing them doing this every single year, because it encourages people to be in the Christmas spirit.” School personnel and a select group of students secretly recorded the video and are scheduled to watch the completed version with the entire school later this week. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.