Eight community-minded Sixth Form students from Fosse Way School in Radstock have made a tremendous contribution to this year’s Harvest celebration, at nearby St. Peter’s Church on Longfellow Road.

One important hallmark of Fosse Way’s Sixth Form is its commitment to forging meaningful links with the local community. With this goal in mind, the group of students who comprise tutor group 5EJ decided to involve themselves in the church’s events for the annual Harvest celebration.

The students set about collecting a variety of long-life foods and toiletries that will ultimately support homeless people via the Julian House charity in Bath. Donations swiftly arrived from members of the Fosse Way community, including students, parents and staff.

Having amassed a bountiful collection of items, the students carried their Harvest offering to Westfield Church on Thursday, 28th September, where it was gratefully received by Church Warden and retired Fosse Way teaching assistant, Lynne Waton.

In addition to this admirable endeavour, the talented students found time to create some striking pieces of artwork for display in St. Peter’s Church. Each student produced illustrations and paintings on the topic of ‘Harvest’, a number of which evoke the ‘Campbell’s Soup’ pictures made by the American pop artist Andy Warhol at the height of his fame in the late 1960s.

Following the sixth formers’ Harvest delivery, Lynne Waton commented: “On behalf of St. Peter’s Church I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the collection of food and other goods for the Julian House charity. I was absolutely delighted to meet with 5EJ yesterday to receive the donations, and was blown away by their generosity! The students unpacked and displayed the produce, where it will form part of our Harvest celebrations, before being delivered to Julian House in Bath. 5EJ have also produced some wonderful harvest themed artwork which is now on display in the church.”