Fairtrade Thursday

We are learning all about Fairtrade with P6a.  Yesterday we walked to Morrisons to find Fairtrade products.  Then we compared them with non Fairtrade products to find the difference in price.   It was quite hard to do because there were not many Fairtrade products in Morrisons!

We found out that some Fairtrade products were more expensive than those that were not Fairtrade.  Even although they are more expensive we know they are worth buying because they give farmers a fair amount of money for their work and they stop children working on farms or plantations.

 

Rights Respecting Challenge

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Under Article 24 of The UNCRC we have the right to a clean and safe environment. The Rights Respecting Group set us a challenge to give the MUGA a bit of a tidy!

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We collected fallen Autumn leaves and litter that had blown into the games area.

 

It was an exhausting but worthwhile job. We are going to get a reward for all our efforts too! More to follow…

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Giffnock Library Visit

Today we visited the library to investigate old maps and pictures of Giffnock from the past.

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Old-fashioned map
                      Old-fashioned map

It was really interesting to see how land was used back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Giffnock was a thriving farming and agricultural town with a sandstone quarry; producing sandstone for around the world.

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We particularly enjoyed looking at old-fashioned handwriting on the old census’ and pictures on the iPads.

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Waitrose Bound!

 

Meeting Wendy at the front entrance.
      Meeting Wendy at the front entrance.

To develop our knowledge further on local produce and sustainability – Mrs Andrews organised a trip for us to Waitrose in the Newton Mearns. We were all so excited to go onto the bus and couldn’t wait to get there!

First we went to the fresh produce aisle and tasted kiwi berries which were very sour! Only some of us liked them but we all had a go.

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Have you heard of a kiwi berry? We hadn't!
Have you heard of a kiwi berry? We hadn’t!
Some of the meat came from Ayrshire. Very local!

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We looked at the ‘traffic light’ system as a way of checking the nutritional value of the foods we eat. The Butternut Squash Curry had all green!

Bet our Mac 'n' Cheese was better than this one!
      Bet our Mac ‘n’ Cheese was better than this one!
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Fish counter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our favourite counter! I wonder why…
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Dancing in the freezer!

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Thank you Wendy at Waitrose – we had such a fun time learning new things!

 

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