posted by Margaret Thompson, Library Assistant, Arbroath High School

During Fairtrade Fortnight, S2 pupils at Arbroath High School participated in the Trading Game. This was to highlight the issues of global trading and explain to them the importance of Fairtrade. Pupils were placed in groups and each given a country.

The pack of resources they received depended on whether they were a rich country or a poor country. The poor countries received very little resources whereas the rich country had plenty of resources.

The groups were then asked to create shapes using the resources they had. They were allowed to trade resources with other groups. The poorer groups had more challenges to face as they did not have anything to create shapes with. They also struggled to trade with richer countries as they did not have anything to offer them. Posing with their certificates and the Fairtrade banana are the winning teams.