A massive big Thank you and Well done, to all the boys and girls that took part in this years, Fairtrade Fortnight. Although we had a short week last week due to the weather, the boys and girls of Springfield Primary still managed to show their understanding and commitment to the cause.
Over the last two weeks, the children have been taking part in designing their own Fairtrade football. The Fairtrade football design was part of the Linlithgow Cluster schools Fairtrade competition. Each class chose their top three designs and after some very difficult judging we had our overall three winners, who will be attending the Linlithgow Fairtrade event tonight at Linlithgow Primary School. Well done to everybody, it was not a very easy task on having to choose the best ones as we had so many amazing and creative designs. But a big congratulations to all the winners per class, and a massive well done to our final top three.
To help us understand more about Fairtrade, on Thursday afternoon, Miss Baillie held a special Fairtrade assembly. The assembly helped us to understand the importance of buying Fairtrade products and how this ensures that farmers are being treated fairly.
Over the last two weeks, we have been encouraging the children to bring in a Fairtrade snack. Our Primary 6 children have been calculating each day how many Fairtrade snacks have been brought into school. We have two winning classes. Well done to P1A who had brought in a total of 64 fairtrade snacks and P5B who had brought in a total of 75 fairtrade snacks over the last two weeks.
To top off our Fairtrade Fortnight awareness, things went bananas on Friday. Everyone brought in a £1 to dress up as something wacky. Thank you to everyone who took part, the school sure had some very interesting and wacky dress ups. With all the £1 coins that were collected we raised a total of £174 which we will hand over to the Fairtarde charity organisation in the UK.
Thank you again to all the children, parents and staff, that supported Fairtrade Fortnight. You helped raise awareness and with your support in buying Fairtrade products and donating a £1 to dress down, you are helping ensure that a farmer is being treated fairly.
Mrs Matos and Primary 6 xx
