PUPILS and parents at Catshill First School donated food and cleaning products to help those in need in their community.

The Gibb Lane school hosted its annual Harvest Festival on Thursday (October 12) to collect the donations, and also share poems and songs.

Donations included tinned goods, cereal, baby wipes and chocolates.

Georgia Plant, head of school, said: "Harvest brings out school values together in the nicest way. Our children showed kindness to our community by giving food to those in need. They enjoyed the poems and songs that each class brought to share."

Catshill Baptist Church's food bank collected the donations later that day and were overwhelmed by the school's generosity.

A church spokesman said: "Thank you to children, parents and staff of Catshill First for wonderful harvest donations. Many people will be blessed from your generosity."