KIND-HEARTED youngsters at Harbertonford Primary entered into the festive spirit by focusing on the community as their school year draws to a close.

Kestrel class created gifts for residents who will be on their own in the village this Christmas, thanks to Lawsons which donated bulbs, compost and plant pots.

The children decorated the pots and planted the bulbs ready for delivery by members of St Peter’s Church congregation.

The church also donated the resources to enable all the children to create ornaments for the school tree, which Eagles class had the honour of decorating.

And all of the children enjoyed a cooking session with kitchen manager, Brittany Harris, including Eagles who learned how to make pastry and baked their own mince pies.

The school invited villagers and people who have helped the school this year to an afternoon tea, where they served up some of their creations.

Headteacher Anne Burns hailed it was a great opportunity to meet people from different generations, allow the children to share all they have been learning about this term, and thank everyone personally for their support.

She added: “We wanted the children to have the opportunity to share the joy of Christmas within our own community.

“After a request from the community to create Christmas pots again we were very grateful to Lawsons for their continued support of the school and we hope they will bring a lot of pleasure to the recipients.

“Our first afternoon tea was a great success and the children had a lot of compliments about both their pastry and their eagerness to share all they have learned this term.

“We can’t thank Miss Harris enough for helping the children to organise the refreshments and ensure all our visitors were well fed.”