The fairtrade elections are being held this week. Two people from each class will be elected as Fairtrtade rep and a fairtrade vice rep. Candidates will have to make a speech to their class, explaining why they would make a good fairtrade representative.
The nursery went to local shops to find Fairtrade products.They enjoyed looking for food with the fairtrade logo.When they went to the local shops they bought some biscuits for them to eat. They also got some bananas to eat as well. They saw the sign in the window of the Stewarts hall telling us that Huntly is a Fairtrade town. They sat down and talked about fairtrade and fairtrade products .
Back in the nursery they made snack using the fairtrade products that they bought, including some yummy fruit kebabs!
Some of the P6 fairtrade representatives went to the nursery to tell the children about the work of the school fairtrade group and about fairtrade fortnight. The nursery children also bought bananas from the fairtrade banana tuckshop in the school.
by sophie p6b blogger
The Fairtrade group will be selling Fairtrade bananas in the glass corridor, for 20p each.
We are also collecting banana recipes, which we will use to produce a leaflet of yummy things you can make with your bananas.
You can watch the video clip below to find out more about the campaign,
Fairtrade Fortnight has begun (24 February – 9 March) and the Nursery have been very busy!
They have been going out and about going into shops and searching for Fairtrade Products and Fairtrade Logo’s, they bought some of the products as well, the Fairtrade Chocolate was spotted very quickly!
They have also been making posters to show what they have learnt about Fairtrade!
The Nursery’s currrent topic is ‘All About Me!’
During Circle Time they have been discussing what makes them feels Happy and Sad)
By Duncan (P7 Blogger)
The tour guides have been practising their scripts again for the tour at Balhousie. It will be in a couple of weeks. The Tour Guides have been practising very hard and are very excited. The Tour Guides are hoping the elderly enjoy their talk.
By Greg (P6A)
A representative from Lepra came to Gordon Primary on Wednesday to thank pupils and parents for their wonderful response to the sponsored workout. An amazing total of over £3,000 had been raised for Lepra!
She reminded pupils that it cost £25 to cure a child from leprosy and told the pupils at assembly that they had helped over 120 children and had given them the best Christmas present that they could wish for.
She presented certificates to those pupils who has raised over £50 in sponsor money.
Well done to all the pupils and parents who raised such a marvellous amount!
All the prize winners of the Huntly cultural fund met together in the hall of the Parish Church on at 7 o’clock on Tuesday 3rd December.
These included many groups that are developing creative projects in the community, such as the Huntly Pipeband, Huntly Summer School, Dudendance and Gordon Primary’s Huntly Castle junior tour guides.
Philippa and Hannah went to along represent the tour guides, dressed in their beautiful costumes. They did an excellent job of telling other community groups about the Junior Tour Guides and about how we intend to use our Cultural Fund award.
More details about the Cultural Fund can be found here
http://huntly.net/cultural-fund/
Well done Philippa and Hannah!
The choir sang beautifully on Sunday at the Parish Church.
They sang lots of different songs that include Silent Night, Away in a Manger and 2 other Christmas Carols. The choir shall be performing at the end of term service and will possibly be singing at Balhousie for the old folks. They have been practising hard once a week.
Some budding composers from P4 had their musical compostions played by the Isla Quartet at a concert at the Tin Hut on Saturday 16th November.
The concert was recorded by BBC Radio 3, so their compositions will be heard all over the country!
Mr Main, specialist music teacher at the primary school had been asked to get a group of children to compose some short pieces of music for the Quartet to play.
A quartet is a group of 4 musicians. The Isla Quartet consists of 2 violins, a viola and a cello. They played work by Mendelssohn and local composers David Ward and Ronald Center.
Well done to Aidan, Alanah, Alasdair, Alasdair, Annie, Bente, Caitlin, Charis, Finn and Paige for your compositions.
At the Fairtrade council we have all noticed that there was not as many Fairtrade products in the supermarkets as there were a few years ago.
So some people from Fairtrade group have agreed that they will go round the supermarkets an some local shops to see who has the most Fairtrade products. We have made a list of things we should think there should be in the supermarket such as
bananas
coffee
tea
sugar
and a few more things.
we think there should be a trophy for the shop with the most Fairtrade products in it. We will have a meeting in a few weeks to see what we found out.
by Fiona p6Blogger and Fairtrade rep
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