Information for Schools

  

Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 

To find out what schools are doing in your area click here

Go mad for Fairtrade by holding your own Mad Hatter’s Tea party. The two themes this year are tea and cotton. You can get involved in the following ways:

·        Resources: Order your free resource CD, with lesson plans, activities and assemblies; all on the theme of Fairtrade Cotton - schools@fairtradewales.com

·        Tablecloth: 85 schools in Wales have contributed to the worlds biggest Fairtrade table cloth for a tea party we’ll be holding with AMs and MPs! They will be able to add to the tablecloth, with their Fairtrade pledges. It will be displayed at the Senedd on March 3rd, at 2pm.

·        Tea Parties: Hold your own Fairtrade tea party – using Fairtrade cakes, tea & juice. The big day of action will be on the 5th March, schools up and down Wales will be holding their own Fairtrade tea parties. If you’d like to join in you can register your event with us at the email address below. 

·        Books: We have sent every primary school in Wales a free Charlie and Lola Fairtrade book. Schools will be making world book day Fairtrade themed (using the Charlie and Lola books, or the Mad Hatter tea party idea). World book day is during Fairtrade Fortnight (4th March)

 ·        The big swap! If you want to do something big for Fairtrade this year, your school could join in with the big swap! By looking into swapping your school uniforms to Fairtrade cotton uniforms! www.thebigswap.org.uk

You can pick one or all of the things above! But either way let us know which you're doing, and join the Fair Trade movement in Wales. Wales is the first Fair Trade Country in the world and we are leading the way with Fairtrade Schools! Let’s show the world how it’s done! If you’re working towards becoming a Fairtrade school, putting on an event during Fairtrade Fortnight will count towards goal 5.

For more information contact Danielle Johnson, Fair Trade Schools Coordinator schools@fairtradewales.com