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Generous school harvest collections

School in Caol celebrated harvest thanksgiving last week when the school collected donations from pupils to be handed out to the elderly in the community. The school held a harvest festival assembly with all classes performing an item and ending with the St Columba hymn.

Children and sta_ at Lundavra Primary School next to the mountainous collection of food tins and boxes kindly donated by parents, teachers and pupils. The school organised a collection for Lochaber Food Bank at their annual Harvest Festival last week.
Photograph: Abrightside Photography.
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