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Fair Trade

January 2018

The Fairtrade Committee discussed activities to take place during Fairtrade Fortnight. A coffee afternoon will take place during February. In addition the children are keen to take part in a  ’90kg Rice Challenge’. JTS company provide 90kg rice  to sell – the amount of rice sold that would enable a Malawian farmer to pay for a year’s basic secondary education for one child.

The managing director of JTS is booked to speak during February at Assembly to discuss other Fairtrade events. JTS is based in Paisley. It is a fair trade organisation set up to facilitate the import and distribution of fairly traded products to the UK.

 

Fairtrade Fortnight 2018  takes place between Monday 26 February to Sunday 11 March.

Fairtrade Fortnight aims to put a spotlight on trade. When trade is fair it has the potential to improve the lives of the farmers and workers who grow our food. When trade is fair, it can make the world a better place. Together we have that power, so get involved and be part of the difference.

With Fairtrade we have the power to change the world every day.

Travel Plan

January 2018

Lois and Connor fed back some impressive statistics to the committee, showing an increase in the number of people travelling without transport. We have planned to carry out a travel survey of the local area next month.

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Christmas Lunch!

Children and staff enjoyed wearing Christmas jumpers and having their Christmas lunch today. Click on your child’s class blog for photographs.

Here are the staff photographs.

Big thank you to Lynn and Ann for the lunch!

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Read, Write, Count Workshop

Our Inchinnan Parents enjoyed using the Read, Write, Count bags with their child at a workshop on Friday morning.

Read, Write, Count is a campaign by the Scottish Government, supported by Scottish Book Trust and Education Scotland.

It focuses on the importance of families, parents and carers in children’s education and aims to give advice and materials to help families get involved in their children’s learning.

Research tells us that if parents are involved in their child’s learning, their child does better in school. That applies to all parents – it doesn’t matter who they are or where they are from.

One of the biggest parts of the Read, Write, Count campaign is gift bags.

Every child in Primary 1, 2 and 3 in Scotland will receive a free gift bag, containing books and materials for writing and counting. These materials have all been carefully selected so that they are fun to use at home.

 

 

In the bags, there will be information for parents giving them all the advice they need to use the bags with their children at home.

Click the links below to read more about Read, Write, Count.

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Fair Trade

At our November Meeting our group discussed raising awareness of Fairtrade throughout the school community. We decided to look into what makes a ‘Fairtrade Village’ and how as a school we could take this forward.

We discussed ideas around the table for fundraising ideas to support our planned Fairtrade coffee morning in January.

Our Chairperson and Vice Chairperson would like to raffle a Fairtrade Prize at our School Christmas Fayre.

To finish off our meeting we had a getting to know you better activity. It was fun and entertaining.

Litter and Waste

So far,  the Litter and Waste Committee, have created a litter picking rota and discussed ideas of how to encourage pupils to put their rubbish into the school bins. We have had some great ideas so far and look forward to implementing some of these in the coming months.

Travel Plan

October Meeting

The Travel Plan Committee are trying to encourage all pupils to walk, cycle, scooter or park and stride to school. If they come in the car, they can complete laps of the playground! We are running a survey every Wednesday, with a prize for the class with the most people participating in our travel plan.

Fair Trade

At our October meeting, our Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, showed our group  a presentation about ‘The Story of the Brazil Nut’.

We were able to identify South America and the Equator and identify the physical characteristics of a rainforest and learn about the different layers.

We discussed how Brazil nuts survive and about the work of Brazil nut gatherers. Brazil nut gatherers work hard to protect areas of the rainforest where Brazil nuts grow.

We enjoyed the group quiz about Fairtrade produce.

Click below to take the quiz.

Quiz task 2017 Answer Sheet