Fairtrade
Fairtrade - 'The Big
Lunch' - July 19th 2009.
To find out more about
The Big Lunch
please click here and for the
press
release please click here
On Friday 6th March we
took part in a banana eating world record -
click here for details
 As
a school, we recently made a pledge to the local Fairtrade steering
committee. This involved the Head Boy and Girl speaking at a
Fairtrade event in front of a large audience.
We pledged to:
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Provide Fairtrade coffee, tea and hot chocolate for school staff
and visitors;
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Give
the children access to a Fairtrade snack bar at morning break;
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Have
a themed Fairtrade week in school each year.
Click
here to see a copy of the Fairtrade pledge made by St. Thomas' CE
Primary School
The
Following day we had some distinguished visitors in school. They
talked to the children about the benefits of Fairtrade for local
communities.
Fairtrade Website Links:
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The official
Fairtrade website is where you can learn more about the
FAIRTRADE Mark and the Fairtrade Foundation. It also
includes practical information such as job opportunities and
contact details.
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The
Garstang
Fairtrade website provides information on Fair Trade, the
Garstang Fair Trade story and links to other web sites where
you can find out more about Fair Trade and Fair Trade
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Fairtrade Snack Bar
As part of our Fairtrade
pledge we said we would start a Fairtrade tuckshop.
Above is a picture of
our first day with Year 5 boys 'drumming-up' support.
The Geo bars have been a
big hit and we are struggling to keep up with the demand!
This week will see a big
change in our morning snack bar. In response to our Fairtrade
pledge, and our Healthy Schools status, we will start providing
Fairtrade snacks and healthy nibbles for morning break.
The items available will
be flexible depending on what is popular with the children, and
feedback from the School Council.
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Fairtrade: |
Geobars
(assorted flavours) |
30p |
| Fruit juice |
40p |
Snack packs
(raisins and apricots)
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35p
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Others: |
Fresh fruit
(per piece) |
20p |
| Wholemeal
toast |
12p |
| Small bags
of currants or raisins (approx 40g) |
10p |
| Dried
apricots |
25p |
A special day for
Garstang and our links with New Koforidua.
Using Skype, we managed to video conference with Ghana. The link
lasted 40 mins and lots of questions were asked and answered by both
sides. The pupils in Ghana were able to see our class as we asked
questions, and it gave them a much better idea about our school.
Unfortunately, we couldn't see them due to the images being blocked
by the Lancashire firewall. We are awaiting our video conferencing
equipment.
Watch this spot!
Fairtrade Bus comes
to town
Our school
council went into town to meet the Fairtrade Bus on its journey
north from Liverpool to Glasgow. The town council managed to
persuade the bus to stop through our Fairtrade links. We sent a
small group of children to meet the bus to show our wholehearted
support for Fairtrade.
Stock It
Although Garstang is a Fairtrade town, and famous for being the
world's first Fairtrade town, the children in the different primary
schools felt that some of the shops in Garstang could sell more
Fairtrade products. The Stock It campaign came about because of
this. It was timed to coincide with the visit to Garstang of two
students from New Koforidua - Joycelin and Stephen. Representatives
from the three primary schools visited various businesses in town,
to either suggest they stock more Fairtrade products (by leaving
Stock It cards completed in the schools) or to congratulate them on
promoting Fairtrade.
The day finished with
some traditional dancing in front of the Discovery Centre.
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