Community Contributions

Throughout the year, the children at St James's have lots of opportunities to give-back to our local community. We believe that teaching our children to make valuable contributions to their local community is a vital part of them becoming well-rounded and successful individuals. Here are just a few of the ways in which our children have made community contributions this year.

Harvest Festival Donation - The Black Country Foodbank

For Harvest this year, we were pleased to support The Black Country Foodbank, based in Brierley Hill. When the volunteers came to collect your donations they were overwheled with how much was there. One volunteer told us that with the cost of living they are receiving less donations and having to spend thousands of ponds to get enough food in to help people, so your donations were so very much appreciated. we recieved the following email from the Black Country Foodbank

To all at St James's CofE Primary School, Wollaston

Thanks you very much for choosing to support Black Country Foodbank with your Harvest Collection thios year. All food collected and donated will go towards helping those in your community who are in crisis.

You collected and donated 228.5kgs of food and 12kg of non food, an amazing amount.

Once again, many thanks for your support.

The Team at BCFB

Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child 

As a Church of England primary school with Christian values, it is very important to us that our children have the opportunity to see and experience our values in action. Participating in ‘Operation Christmas Child’ enabled our children to apply the values of kindness and respect. The mission of ‘Operation Christmas Child’ is to provide a message of hope for children in need who are experiencing some of the toughest circumstances around the world. We invited families to fill a shoebox with small, but much needed, gifts - a form of easily transportable ‘Christmas stocking’ wrapped and packed with love. We received a grand total of 96 shoeboxes and were very grateful to our children and families who transported these from St James’s to a local collection point - the car was jam packed! We hope that this helped our children to remember that Christmas is about sharing hope and love and that, in the words of Jesus, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive' Acts 20 v 35.

Children in Need

This year, we dressed in spotty items to raise money for Children in Need and raised a fantastic £342. All donations go to the charity that helps improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people around the UK.