Schools

We are happy to act as a resource centre for pupils and teachers. Please contact Jo Clifford at the shop to discuss how we can help.

Session on tea including:

Activity – spot the odd one out. To introduce the idea of fairtrade.
Tea quiz to identify the theme.
“Identify the object” laminated quiz posters.
“The Horrible Unfair Quiz” to illustrate disparity of power between small tea producers and big tea companies.
Introduction to tea producers and their problems. Country focus: Tanzania

Session on bananas including:

Building challenge, to demonstrate unfairness of unequal resources and trade rules.
Banana quiz.
Banana Split, a game in which the groups make decisions about what proportion of the price of a banana should go to the different facets of the production chain.
Introduction to Windward Island Banana growers and their problems.

Session on chocolate including:

Session on habitat including:

A drop in the ocean
Aim – to show children that even doing something very small to support fairtrade can make a difference
Chocolate heaven
Aim – to use the theme of chocolate to demonstrate the idea of unfairness in trade.
What is fair trade?
Aim – to demonstrate and explain the need for fair trade.
The Fairtrade Mark
Aim – to explain the fairtrade mark.
Worldwide Connections
Aim – to demonstrate that we can’t avoid being connected to others across the world through what we buy and eat.

PLUS All you need for a Fairtrade Assembly – 3 assembly outlines for Key Stages 2,3 and 4