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FAIRTRADE Award!

The Fairtrade group met this Monday lunchtime and were given the good news that Gordon Primary have achieved Fairtrade Status for the third year!

Mrs Innes, Mrs Sell and Mrs Webster thanked the Fairtrade group for their enthusiasm and hard work throughout the year and particularly during Fairtrade fortnight.

The group decided that P7 representatives would announce the good news about Fairtrade status at the end of term assembly. They would also thank the volunteers who have helped running the Fairtrade tuckshop and the Fairtrade stall at parents evening and also all parents, pupils and staff for their support. The local ethical trading shop, Elturnatives would also be thanked for the support they have given the school in running the Fairtrade tuckshop.

Parents Evenings

The parent evenings are on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. parents and carers can talk to the teacher about their own child.Parents can also look at the child’s work or the work showed around the school and there is a Fairtrade stall selling some yummy snacks and jars of coffee.The book fair is there is well ….   get some books if you would like to.

By Chris P6A (Blogger)

Fairtrade Sculptures

As part of Fairtrade fortnight, classes have been making Fairtrade Sculptures out of recycled Fairtrade products. Many classes have already made a Sculpture!

P1  – Have made a Fairtrade banana tree!

P4c –  Have made a Fairtrade School!

Mrs Websters P2s – Have made a Fairtrade Rocket!

P4b – Have made a Fairtrade Jumper!

P5b – Have made a Collage of the Fairtrade logo

P5a – Have made a Fairtrade Funky Banana!

The completed sculptures and collages are being displayed in the dinner hall.

Here’s a link to the page on the Fair Trade website where the pictures are shown:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairtradefoundation

By Duncan (P6 Blogger)

Fairtrade tuckshop big success…..

Yay! Now we will be able to have Fairtrade goodies every Friday at little break!!

Now there will be more cheap goodies at 40P.

Here is the price list.

Choc N toffee 40P,

New stock not sure what it will be at 40P,

Chocolate buttons 60P,

yogurt raisins 65p,

Divine bars milk and dark 85P

Please come and help us raise money for a good cause.

The fairtrade reps and vice reps will be helping Mrs Sell and Mrs FitzPatrick to sell all the goodies.

By Fiona (P5 Blogger and Fairtrade Rep) Sophie (p5 blogger)

Nursery News

The nursery have been busy joining in with Fairtrade fortnight.

Groups of nursery children have been visiting local shops. They have been making sure that their snack is Fairtrade, so they have been looking out for the Fairtrade  logo in different shops around the town and finding out which shops stock Fairtrade products . They chose the fairtrade product to eat for snack and paid for them.

They visited the local Ethical Trading shop, Elturnatives, and found out more about Fairtrade products.

Back at school they enjoyed their snacks, including delicious and healthy Fairtrade fruit.

They are also taking part in the “Find the Logo” competition.

Fairtrade tuck shop BIG success

 

Lots of  Reps and vice reps have been willing to take up their break to help MrsSell and Mrs FitzPatrick. The line some days have been going out the door!! We hope that there will be lots more people will be coming to buy some goodies. Sorry for anybody eager to have a divine bar they have sold out!!!

The fairtrade tuck shop  has been a big success, the sale has been over £200.

Also we are doing a fairtrade logo hunt. The Reps had discussed what to do as a fun activity and Freya (P5a rep.) thought of the logo hunt. It will be taking place this week and there will be a prize for the upper stages class winner and the lower stages class winner. The winner will be chosen out of a hat.

Last of all, there is all so a sculpture/ collage competition.

By Fiona P5 Blogger and P5B Fairtrade Rep

FAIRTRADE Tuckshop

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The Fairtrade Tuckshop began yesterday (beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight)! It will run all the way through Fairtrade Fortnight and after Fairtrade Fortnight has finished it will run on Fridays each week!! The queue was very long!

It has made over £80 in 2 days!

The names and costs of the products are below.

Dubble Bars £0.75

Chocolate Buttons £0.60

Yoghurt Raisins £0.65

Chocolate Toffee £0.40

Divine bars £o.85

Many thanks to the Fairtrade reps who are helping to run the tuckshop.

By Duncan (P6 Blogger)

Trio Assembly.

 

  • Last week we had 3 groups all coming to tell us about things. We started of with P5A’s  sharing assembly. They  read book reviews, writing and some information about their project about the jacobites. Groups had done research on 3 famous people from that time; Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora McDonald and the Duke of Cumberland (nicknamed “the Butcher.”) They showed us models of blackhouses that they had made.
  • Then Carl Wright and Jake Florence had some very good news to tell us. They are climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. !!!!! !!! Tit will take about 5 days to complete the climb. They are raising money through their climb for Cancer research and Help for Heroes.
  • Plus we had the Fairtrade reps to tell us about Fairtrade fortnight. They reminded us why we should support Fairtrade. They also told us that the Fairtrade tuckshop would be running over the fortnight!

By Fiona and Sophie P5B Bloggers

FAIRTRADE Fortnight

Fairtrade fortnight will be starting soon (February 25th to March 10th).

The FAIRTRADE representatives from all the classes in the school have been busy having meetings and deciding how they could help to promote Fairtrade over the fortnight.

There will be a Fairtrade tuckshop during the fortnight, run by the P4, 5,6, and 7 Fairtrade representatives. There will also be a sculpture/collage competition; each class is invited to bring in Fairtrade wrappers and packets and use these to make a sculpture or collage which will be displayed in the school. Photos of the artwork will be uploaded to the Fairtrade website.

There will also be a Fairtrade logo hunt in the school grounds during the second week.

Primary 4 Fairtrade reps have written letters to parents about the Fairtrade activities. Some reps have been busy making logos (for the treasure hunt) and badges. P 1-3 reps spoke to the early stages at assembly about the fortnight , and P5-7 reps wrote and delivered an assembly to the Upper Stages, reminding them why we should try and support Fairtrade and how Fairtrade helps some farmers to get a better (and fair) deal..

The Primary 6 classes are looking at Fairtrade as their project. P6B designed some lovely posters to promote the fortnight and the tuckshop.

Find out about Fairtrade with Aberdeenshire

http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/green/fairtrade/index.asp