The Harvest Festival

The Pipers Corner School Harvest Festival took place on Wednesday 8 October. It began with an assembly led by School Chaplain, Revd Mary Gurr, during which the girls gave thanks for everything they have and reflected on how they can help those less fortunate than themselves.

Over the past few weeks girls from Pre-Prep through to Sixth Form, in each of the School’s four Houses, have collected a variety of food and goods to donate to their chosen charity.

• Hampden House chose to support the “Wycombe Night Shelter”.
• Girls in Penn House donated gifts for the Oxford homeless.
• Milton girls prepared shoeboxes to be sent to the food bank “One Can Trust” in High Wycombe. A food bank dedicated to giving food to people deemed “in crises”.
• Mandeville House followed their long-established practice of taking harvest baskets full of tins and packets of food to people in need in the local community and to Nancy Hall Court retirement home.

Headmistress, Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford said, “The Harvest assembly was once again a lovely occasion. We believe that a Harvest Festival provides an opportunity for our young people to reflect on their own prosperity whilst looking at ways in which they can support those less fortunate. I hope that all the generous gifts that were donated really made a difference to the people who are supported by the chosen charities.”

Pictures show - Mandeville House girls in Pre-Prep | Penn House House Leader and Revd. Mary Gurr getting ready to deliver their baskets.

For more information contact:

Rebecca Conroy, Senior Marketing Executive, Pipers Corner School. Telephone 01494 719850 or email [email protected] | www.facebook.com/PipersCornerSchool | @PipersCornerSch