The Fair trade Committee have been busy continuing to promote Fair trade throughout the school. We organised a raffle with a wonderful prize donated by Sainsburys. This was won by Amy in P3a.
We also had a whole school competition to design a Fair trade Fantasy Fruit. The winners were P1- Charlotte
P2 and P3 – Sophie
P4 and P5 – Kiara
P6 and P7 – Kieran
All four children were delighted with their prize of a Fair trade Easter Egg.
Primary 4B and the Fair trade committee also ran a very successful pancake shop which raised over £130. The Fair trade committee used the money raised to pay for the Fair trade Speaker, who came in to speak to the whole school about Fair trade.
Amber, Luisa and Reagan went to a Fair trade workshop organised by the Scottish Fair trade Forum. The workshop focused on the Fair trade Cotton and they heard from Pamela, a woman who works in a cotton factory and has directly benefited from Fair trade cotton sales.
This Monday marks the start of Fairtrade Fortnight, the focus of this year’s campaign is “Big Breakfast”. This members of the Fair trade pupil group and Primary 4B are going to have a pancake shop every playtime to celebrate the “Big Breakfast” theme. Pupils will be topping their pancakes and crepes with delicious Fair Trade fruits, jams and sauces. Pancakes and crepes will cost 50p.
The Fairtrade Committee, also have organised a speaker to tell to all pupils about the need for Fair trade. There will also be a whole school competition to design Fantasy Fair trade Fruit with entries due by 11th March 2016.
At Parents’ night we are going to have a stall to promote Fair trade awareness and will be selling raffle tickets for a Fantastic Fair trade Hamper.
At Parent’s night, pupils hosted a Fair trade stall to promote Fair Trade. Pupils raised a fantastic £130.45. By hosting a Fair Trade stall we have helped to make a difference, not only in direct benefit to producers from the sales made, but also in spreading the word and message of fair trade to the wider community.
A big thank you to the children involved in the making our stall welcoming and for giving up their time to sell items at the stall. Also thank you to the parents who purchased items at our stall.
Primary 2 Fairtrade Coffee Morning
As part of their social studies topic, Primary two organised a Fairtrade Coffee Morning for parents, grandparents and carers. It was a fantastic morning filled with sweet treats, singing and laughter. Parents and carers enjoyed Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits and pupils highlighted the important message of Fairtrade. Well done Primary 2!
Throughout Fairtrdade Fortnight the Fairtrade Committee visited classes in the school with various presentations and films. They helped raise awareness of Fairtrade products and the lives of farmers. They also hosted a Fairtrade pop up shop last Thursday. You can view their presentations below.
P1-3 Fairtrade Presentation P4-7-Fairtrade Presentation
An evocative and thought-provoking short film offering a glimpse into the lives of two workers at the heart of Fairtrade.
Fairtrade Film 2015
Fairtrade Fortnight (24 February – 9 March) marked the launch of a unique campaign that aims to transform the banana industry to ensure the millions of struggling banana farmers and workers, get a fair deal.
Price of Bananas
Don’t forget to support Foncho by signing his petition.
Fairtrade Petition
P6/7 made fairtrade banana smoothies as part of their Fairtrade topic.
Meet Foncho… a man with a plan
Sign his petition here Go Bananas Petition
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight takes place from 24th February to 9th March and provides the opportunity for all pupils to find out more about Fairtrade and how they can support it. The theme for this year’s fortnight is “Go Bananas”.On Friday 7th March, there will be a Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon open to parents and carers. Tickets priced at £1 including tea and biscuits will be on sale in the very near future. Children will also be able to “Go Banana’s “and wear a yellow top to school showing their support of Fairtrade.Primary 4/5 , primary 7 and the Fairtrade Committee will be co-coordinating a range of activities within the school on the day. Fairtrade banana smoothies and banana loaf will be on sale along with a wide selection of Fairtrade products from Rainbow Turtle. P4/5 and P7 have been knitting and crafting a selection of “mug hugs” to sell and Primary 7 will be performing a fairtrade rap. 
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