It was worth giving thanks for the sunshine as well as the harvest when 18 children and nine staff from Little Jogs Day Nursery walked down to St. Lawrence’s Church in Hungerford for their very own Harvest Festival on Thursday last week (October 2).

Once the children had arrived at the church they walked down the alter and took turns laying down the offerings their parents had donated for the service. The Reverend Andrew Sawyer then asked the children to sit on the floor around him as he explained the offerings were to thank God for the harvest, before saying a short prayer.

Nursery Nurse Clare Taylor said: “The children all loved being at the church and joined in the conversation and answered questions. A couple of parents also joined us for the lovely service and the walk back to the nursery in the sunshine; they were all chattering about it and taking turns to thank one another for being so polite. It was great fun.”