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Week Two

This week we have been learning all about Fairtrade products and where they are sold.  We were interested to find out what pupils of New Stevenston Primary already knew about Fairtrade so we organised an eight question survey.  Each group visited a different class and carried out the survey.This was difficult because we had to count the number of votes carefully. When we got back to class we put the results onto a bar chart. As a result of the survey we learned that most pupils in the school know what Fairtrade is and have bought Fairtrade products before. We also learned that most people would buy Fairtrade products if they were sold in school, which is great.

By Paul, Matthew and Ahmad.

Week One

Primary 5 have been learning all about Fair Trade. This week we learned that Fair Trade is a foundation that works to give farmers in poor communities better lives. Fair Trade sells products at a price that ensures every farmer gets paid a fair amount of money. In groups we discussed how the money is split between the farmer, supermarket, shipper and plantation owner. We were shocked to find out that a banana farmer only receives 2p for every 30p banana sold. Hopefully we will learn about different ways that we can help Fair Trade farmers around the world.

By Harvey, Ewan, Brooke and Maariyah.