Fairtrade Fortnight Events 2010
Monday 22 February to Tuesday 9 March 2010
Halyrude's Fairtrade Fortnight Big Swap Exhibition
Halyrude RC Primary, Peebles, is hosting a Fairtrade Fortnight Big Swap exhibition in the school and a Fairtrade tuck shop every day throughout Fairtrade Fortnight (& then every Friday).
Lockerbie Academy Fairtrade Events
Lockerbie Academy started off Fairtrade Fortnight with a non uniform day in Fairtrade Colours. Money raised will be split between school funds and the Lorna Young Foundation. Lorna Young was a former pupil of Lockerbie Academy who was a very early ambassador for Fairtrade and was responsible with others for the starting Cafe Direct.
We have a Fairtrade thought for the day read every morning over the tannoy before the start of lessons.
On Wednesday 24 February, in the Canteen, staff and pupils were treated to Pork and Pineapple curry served with Kilombero rice.
On Thursday 25 February, all staff were treated to a big swap treat - a tea bag, coffee sachet and a double choc chip cookie. They now have the task of filling in their big swap card so that we can now put this on the Fairtrade Foundation's website with all the swaps made.
We are expecting the visit of an Indian Cotton producer on Friday 26 February, Krishnan Sainathan, who is coming to speak to all S4-S6 Geography students.
Pupils have been learning about Fairtrade in ICT and PSE using the papapalive website. Pupils in HE are cooking with the Malawi rice that is being sold in school as part of the Rice Challenge project. Pupils in the S3 Finance and Enterprise are organising this. 90 kg are needed to educate a pupil in Malawi in secondary school for one year.
Next week on World Book Day the librarian is focussing on a Fairtrade theme and the pupils will have a tasting session in the Library at Lunchtime.
The Milk House Assembly will focus on Fairtrade on Thursday 4 March as will all the other houses when it is their turn.
There will be a Fairtrade quiz, raffle, and last but not least the pupils' favourite the Big Swap Tuck Shop - Chocolate will of course be on sale as a treat.
Armadale Academy Fairtrade Events
Armadale Academy is running an S1 Interdisciplinary event for Fairtrade Fortnight. The Geography Dept are looking at Ecuador, HE are making banana loaves with Fairtrade bananas, Maths are gearing lessons towards Fairtrade with an excellent powerpoint on wages etc, PSD are looking at Fairtrade lessons with a quiz while taking part in a swap. We are also holding a tea party on Friday for staff with Fairtrade tea/ coffee/cakes etc and a raffle. We are hopefully having someone in from Oxfam to speak to the S1 year group. Chocolate will also be sold on certain days this week too. A busy week ahead for us all!!!
Holyrood Secondary School Glasgow Fair Trade Fortnight
Holyrood pupils will be offering Fair Trade tasting sessions for pupils and staff this week. We will also have a Big Swap Challenge where pupils and staff will be challenged to taste the difference between Fair Trade goods and their usual choices.
We are also holding a Fair Trade Tea party.
Turriff Academy's Big Swap
Turriff Academy in Aberdeenshire is taking part in The Big Swap. We're swapping a Fairtrade sticker for three different Fairtrade labels or wrappers. At the end of the fortnight, the pupil with the largest number of stickers will win an iPod Shuffle and Fairtrade prize and there will be many other Fairtrade goodies for runners up too. Pupils have been encouraging parents and relatives to swap to Fairtrade in order to get their hands on as many labels as possible.
Strachan School's Big Swap
Pupils at Strachan School are running a FT Tuck Shop for fairtrade fortnight. Business has been brisk with many children choosing to "swap" to a fairtrade snack at break time.
All sales are being registered on the Fairtrade Foundation's online swapometer. Staff have also "swapped" at breaktime to fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits.
To involve parents and friends and encourage them to swap, children made up packs with the traidcraft make it fair booklet, 2 teabags and 2 fairtrade wafers.
These were sent out with the following message:
Strachan School's Big Swap
... We invite you to join in with us, by enjoying a fair trade cuppa and snack in the comfort of your own home! Please also consider signing the enclosed traidcraft "make it fair" booklet and returning to school. Thank you.
The children are planning a fairtrade treasure hunt to round off the fortnight.
Fairtrade Fortnight at Glashieburn School
The Fairtrade Steering Group at Glashieburn School in Aberdeen has organised the following events and activities for Fairtrade Fortnight:
Pupils are being encouraged to bring Fairtrade snacks to school for break and lunchtimes. Results are being recorded by class representatives and there were will be a winner for each class. The results will also be recorded on a Fairtrade tree, with each snack brought to school being represented by a leaf stating the pupil's name.
Staff have swapped their coffee and tea for Fairtrade coffee and tea. Fairtrade snacks and goodies have been made available in the staff room on the Fridays of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Our P7 pupils are organising a Fairtrade coffee morning. They have designed posters to advertise the event, designed tickets, and have written letters to various businesses asking for donations for the event and letters to parents to keep them informed.
All P4-7 pupils have taken part in the Traidcraft Snack Attack challenge. A similar competition was introduced for P1-3 pupils.
A quiz for staff was placed in the staffroom - the prize for the most correct answers is a Fairtrade goodie bag.
A quiz was also issued to all classes in the school - the prize for the most correct answers is a Fairtrade football.
Some pupils represented the school at an Aberdeen City Council event called 'The Big Swap to Fairtrade'.
Milngavie Primary School's Fairtrade Tuck Swap
For the two Wednesdays in Fairtrade Fortnight we are running a Fairtrade tuck swap.
Pupils in P7 are offering a range of snack swaps and also are holding a Fairtrade assembly to help put the message across.
Vale of Leven Academy's Fairtrade Fortnight
Vale of Leven Academy pupils have taken part in a S2 Interdisciplinary event for Fair Trade. This event was led by S2 pupils. The purpose was not only to encourage fairer trading but also to encourage pupils to become responsible citizens, raise pupil confidence, self esteem and motivation.
This event started with S2 pupils taking year one through to year four assemblies. At these assemblies S2 informed us of how unfair trading can be. Pupils were encouraged to use their "voice" to promote the Fair-trade cause.
Many departments were involved. Some examples of activities are:
Technical designing Fair-trade food and drink labels.
Home Economics cooking Fair Trade banana and chocolate muffins. They also did the banana activity to raise awareness about the unfairness involved in banana production.
Physical education pupils learned Sumba dancing. A Football tournament has also taken place using Fair-trade footballs and Fair-trade oranges. The team were named after appropriate Fair-trade countries and wore the country's colours.
In ICT S2 pupils raised awareness and promoted Faire Trade by preparing their own PowerPoint slide show and individually made their own presentations to their class members.
In Music S2 pupils did an analysis of the music used in the Fair-trade Adverts, using musical concept words they had learned in S1 and S2.
On Friday 5th March S2 pupils at Vale of Leven Academy opened their first Fair Trade Tuck Shop. This was a great success and it is hoped that the Fair Trade Tuck Shop will continue to trade on a weekly basis.
Fairtrade Fortnight at Bell Baxter High School
The theme for Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 has been 'The Big Swap' and
Bell Baxter has been contributing in a variety of fun ways. We kicked
off with a Fairtrade stall selling snacks and gifts. This was very
popular with staff and pupils and we will be continuing to hold a stall
on the last Friday of each month. We held a Mad Hatter's Tea Party
attended by staff, pupils and members of Cupar Fairtrade Group. Pupils
baked cakes using Fairtrade ingredients and we served Fairtrade tea and
coffee. There was also a quiz, raffle and best hat competition! The S1
Cross-curricular project has been running during FT Fortnight with six
departments taking part.
S1 Cross-Curricular Project
The S1 Cross-curricular project has been delivered for a second year
with seven departments taking part in inter-disciplinary work on
Fairtrade:
English: 'Funky Fairtrade' unit where pupils designed a chocolate
bar and wrote a press release to promote their product.
Art: Packaging design project based on ideas from English Dept. The
best designs will be entered for the Tradecraft Snack Attack Challenge.
Home Economics: Pupils have been learning about where their food comes
from and discussing the choices we make. They have also been baking
using Fairtrade ingredients.
PE : Our new Fairtrade footballs have been put to the test and pupils
have been learning about Fairtrade in Pakistan.
Modern Studies: Pupils received a visit from a group of walnut farmers
from Chile who talked about being part of a Fairtrade Cooperative and
the positive impact this has had on their lives. Pupils will also study
a Fairtrade unit that looks at how Fairtrade works and the distribution
of costs along the supply chain.
Drama: Pupils have had the opportunity to take part in role play
scenarios and play 'The Paper Bag Game'
Maths: Pupils learned about percentages in a lesson that looked at
comparing the ingredients and cost of different chocolate bars
(Fairtrade / non FT). They also investigated the distribution of
profits along the supply chain to highlight the plight of cocoa
farmers.
Fairtrade Fortnight was brought to a close with a promotional event at
The Cross in Cupar. Pupils from Bell Baxter, St.Columba's, Castlehill
and Kilmaron schools handed out 'Big Swap' guides to encourage
people to swap one of their usual products for Fairtrade.
Friday 26 February and 5 March 2010
Killearn Primary Fairtrade Fortnight events
On Friday 26th February the Killearn Primary Fairtrade Steering Group will go around businesses in Killearn with flasks of Fairtrade tea, asking people to try it and to swap to this permanently.
The following Friday, 5th March, Killearn Primary will be holding its own "Big Swap". Children are asked to bring in one or two things that they would be happy to swap with one of their classmates, such as games, toys, books or CDs. They are also asked to make a contribution of 50p when doing this which will go towards our Fairtrade Steering Group activities. There will be an assembly that afternoon when everyone will be asked to consider what products they currently use that they could swap for a Fairtrade one. We will have Fairtrade products available for children to taste. Every family will also be given 2 teabags to take home for the adults in their family to try, in the hope that many people will agree to swap to Fairtrade tea in the future.
Saturday 27 February 2010
St Elizabeth's Primary's Fairtrade Fitness
At the Glasgow Fairtrade Experience in Royal Concert Hall St Elizabeth's Primary, Hamilton, will be swapping the usual Fitness routines for Fairtrade ones. Dressed as Fairtrade Banana Monkeys, pupils will pedal a stationary bike to produce Fairtrade Smoothies from a dynamo powered blender. Others will display Fairtrade Ball Skills including Targeting The Fairtrade Banana. Our aim is to show that Fairtrade can make you fitter and be fun!
Wednesday 3 March 2010, 1:30pm
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Carleith Primary is holding a coffee / tea afternoon. We hope to encourage people who come along to swap their usual tea / coffee for the Fairtrade variety. We will also have Fairtrade produce available to sample and buy at this event.
Tickets: £1 for adults and 50p for under fives (from the school office). Phone 01389 - 875632
Venue: Carleith Primary School, Stark Avenue, Duntocher , Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire.
Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 March 2010
Kirkcaldy High's Fairtrade Tea Parties
Kirkcaldy High School will be having two tea parties. The first is on Wednesday 3rd March when primary 3 pupils from one of the cluster schools will be invited to a Teddy Bears' Picnic. The following day pupils and staff of Kirkcaldy High will be having a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, with staff dressing up as the participants.
Friday 5 March 2010
Fairtrade Fortnight at Firpark School, North Lanarkshire
The Fairtrade Committee has organised a BigSwap Bananas for Fairtrade afternoon on Friday 5th March. There will be lots of banana activities like fishing for bananas, banana bowling, banana sports, pin the banana on the tree, banana hunt and a banana cafe. John Dornan from the Global Education Centre in Coatbridge is coming to do some workshops with us. Everyone is going to dress in yellow and the teachers and staff will swap their tea for Fairtrade tea.
Woodlands Primary's Fairtrade Fun Day
We are holding a 'Fairtrade Fun Day' for Fairtrade Fortnight at Woodlands Primary in Carnoustie.
P1-3 are having a tea party in the morning with juice, biscuits, geobars and fairtrade bananas. They will play pass the tea pot, build the logo and corners (with pictures of fairtrade products)
P4-7 will try out the fairtrade quiz, play fairtrade bingo and take part in hunt the teacup.
Our parents will be encouraged to try out the fairtrade quiz at home to test their knowledge.
The community are being invited in for a fairtrade tea dance in the afternoon where they will be entertained by our own brass band, P7 choir and P6 dancers who will dance with our customers. We will hold a raffle with fairtrade products as prizes.
St Angela's Primary's Fairtrade Friday Café, Darnley, Glasgow
We are holding a café for children and parents on Friday 5th March to raise awareness of Fairtrade issues.
We are also having a Design a Logo competition in which children throughout the school from - nursery to primary 7 - will have the opportunity to have their design on the Fairtrade group t-shirts..
Lots of other activities are going on throughout the school.
Lourdes Secondary's Big Brew, Glasgow
We are having a Big Brew on Friday 5th March where staff can enjoy Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits. There will also be a raffle with lots of Fairtrade goodies to be won. The Fairtrade Tuck Shop a.k.a. the Human Vending Machine is open to pupils over four lunchtimes during Fairtrade Fortnight.
Good Luck to all taking part in Fairtrade Fortnight!
