LUSH Livingston will be in school on Tuesday 24th April (this was previously arranged as part of Fairtrade Fortnight, was then cancelled due to snow/school closure and has now been re-scheduled) and after a presentation with the whole school, they will have a LUSH stall, where some products will be available to buy. If children wish to buy anything they should bring money in a purse/wallet/envelope. It would help if the younger children also brought a note of what parents would like them to buy and if the older children knew too. Please note that these products are subject to change depending on their delivery so LUSH can’t guarantee full availability on the day.
Category Archives: Fairtrade
Term 3 Celebration Assembly
Today we welcomed parents and friends along to our Celebration Assembly so that pupils could receive their STEM Super Star and Successful Speller awards.
Certificates and prizes were also given to the children who won our Bookworm, STEM and Fairtrade Junior Leadership Team’s challenges and competitions, and to the 5 pupils who represented our school at the West Lothian Burns Contest. We also announced the Top Scorers for each house, along with our house winner.
A big thank you to Hannah Rarity for inspiring us by sharing her interpretation of our school motto, Believe, Achieve, Succeed, and for sharing her journey of hard work and determination to become the successful singer she is today. Thank you also to Leah, P6, who impressed us with her own musical talents and played ‘Clowns’ for us on the piano.
Well done to all of our award winners!
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 at Mid Calder Primary School
Over the last two weeks we have been celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight by taking part in various activities, competitions and experiences. The children have embraced learning about Fairtrade and enjoyed sharing their learning.
Each class was assigned a Fairtrade product to find out about. Have a look at what each class got up to!
Nursery
Primary 1: Bananas
P1 learned about Pablo the Banana. He taught the P1’s about what Fairtrade means and also about the journey of the banana. We then designed our board games for the competition.
Primary 2 and 3: Coffee
P2 learned about coffee and other Fairtrade products. They were able to colour and label Fairtrade products from around the world and then draw a Fairtrade product that they have seen or tried.
Primary 3 learned about what Fairtrade is and why it important before researching their Fairtrade product, coffee. We used the netbooks to find out interesting facts and shared them with a partner. As we have been learning about fact and opinions in our reading lessons, we then using the Glow tool Forms to create a fact and opinion quiz about Fairtrade.
Primary 4 and 5: Brazil Nuts
P4 and P5 learned about the Brazil Nut. We found out about the story of the Brazil nuts by:
- Finding out where and how Brazil nuts are grown and gathered
- Looking at the rainforest and the factors needed to grow Brazil nuts
- Talking about Fairtrade and how it can help Brazil nut gatherers to get a better deal
Primary 6: Tea
P6 had a great time looking at a tea planting community in Malawi as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. We learned about how Fairtrade pays their workers fairly and also provides money to benefit the whole community. Pupils worked in groups to decide how money should be spent within a community (e.g. Food, water, healthcare, education etc). They had to decide which needs were most important- a difficult decision!
Primary 6/7: Footballs
Primary 6/7 took part in their own competition to ‘Design a Fairtrade football’. The Fairtrade Junior Leadership Team had a look at the fantastic designs and picked 1st, 2nd and 3rd place! Have a look at some of the designs:
There was lots of other fun things happening around the school too!
Nurture group: Baking with Fairtrade products
The nurture group worked with Mrs Kellner to make a Fairtrade banana loaf. They had lots of fun following the recipe, measuring the ingredients and mixing everything together! A delicious smell filled the corridors of the school and it tasted delicious!
Fairtrade breakfast: Bananas and Chocolate!
This week during breakfast club the children had the opportunity to taste Fairtrade bananas and chocolate. The boys and girls enjoyed dipping their bananas in the rich dark chocolate and it was smiles all round!
Fairtrade competition
The Fairtrade Junior Leadership Team launched a competition to design a Fairtrade board game. Lots of children across the school entered the competition and the JLT had a difficult decision trying to pick a P1-3 and P4-7 winner. They played some of the games to help make their decision. Winners will be announced next week! Have a look at some of the fantastic competition entries!
Visit from Lush Livingston
Lush in Livingston kindly offered to hold an assembly for the school to talk about their fresh handmade cosmetic products and give pupils the opportunity to purchase some of their fantastic range! However, due to the untimely Spring snow the visit has been re-scheduled. We will update you with this visit soon!
Fairtrade Fortnight
Good afternoon everyone,
With schools closed today I am sure you have been enjoying some fun in the snow! However, if you are looking to stay warm and keep busy indoors there are lots of fun Fairtrade activities to explore during Fairtrade Fortnight.
These websites are packed with lots of fun ideas and activities!
https://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/resource/pablo-the-super-banana/
http://www.traidcraftschools.co.uk/schools-activities-and-games
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/explore-fairtrade
If you take any pictures of any Fairtrade activities you do it would be great to share them on the school blog. You can do this by emailing your pictures to the school or tweeting them to @MidCalder_PS .
Take care in the snowy weather, stay warm and most importantly have fun!
Miss Clark