Mount Pleasant Primary School
Fairtrade Action Plan 2010-11
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Objective |
How to achieve objective |
Possible Cost Implication |
Proposed Achievement Date |
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To devise a whole school Fairtrade Policy |
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None |
Oct 2010 |
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To set up a school Fairtrade Steering Group
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None |
Oct 2010 |
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To educate pupils within school about the importance of Fairtrade.
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Cost of Fairtrade products to display and taste-test during the assemblies.
None
None
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Assembly arranged for Oct 2010. Ongoing awareness assemblies.
Ongoing
May 2011 |
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To educate and promote Fairtrade within school and the local community through fundraising events such as: Cake Stalls Multi Cultural Weeks Fair Trade Fortnight Make films highlighting fair trade |
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Postage costs
None
Exact cost implications unknown. |
April 2011
October 2010
Summer Term 2010 |
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Apply for Fairtrade Status |
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None |
May 2011 |
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Review action plan |
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None |
June 2011 |
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Fairtrade Links
020 7405 5942 (London) www.fairtrade.org.uk
All you need to know about Fairtrade, plus teaching resources,
lesson and assembly ideas, photos of farmers,
case studies of producers, video,
board game, powerpoints.
Action Aid
www.actionaid.org.uk
Excellent resources and teacher packs especially the Chembakolli - Life and
Change in an Indian Village - tea party, videos, posters.
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
CAFOD
Romero Close, London, SW9 9TY 020 7733 7900
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Fairtrade resources, lesson & assembly resources, whiteboard activity,
powerpoint presentation. Also great information about Trade Justice,
Make Poverty History- the wider global issues.
Teacher packs, videos games, petitions, campaign materials,
writing to MPs/companies.
Christian Aid
www.christianaid.org.uk
Also www.globalgang.org
Great teaching resources for the wider global issues. Lesson plans,
activity sheets, childrens pages with online game. Similar to the Cafod website.
Comic Relief
5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP 020 7850 5555
www.comicrelief.com/teach-and-learn/
Database of images, videos, audio, interactive whiteboard, documents.
Comic Relief's Fairtrade Chocolate, Dubble: www.dubble.co.uk
(Great fun for children - log on and become a
double agent! Its all about Fairtrade chocolate.) Database of images,
videos, audio, interactive whiteboard, documents.
The Co-operative Group
0800 068 6727 Teaching and resource pack for primary schools (KS2).
The pack includes lots of classroom activities specially designed to introduce
Fairtrade to KS2 students. For more information see
www.co-op.ac.uk/co-operateforchange.htm
Global Dimension
www.globaldimension.org.uk
Wide range of classroom resources on Fairtrade and related themes for all age groups.
International Cocoa Organisation
www.icco.org
Trade Section as part of A-Z guide.
Labour Behind the Label
www.labourbehindthelabel.org
Great website especially for secondary. Looks at working conditions
of clothes makers for our fashion industry. Campaign postcards for
High Street shops, posters of trainers etc.
Make Poverty History
www.makepovertyhistory.org
Trade justice campaign materials.
Oxfam
01202 715 933
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/
Online resources,
curriculum ideas, books, videos, posters and games.
www.peopleandplanet.org/tradejustice/
Trade Justice campaign for 6th form students.
SCIAF
www.sciafyouth.org.uk/youth/teachers
Free pack containing posters, DVD-ROM,
lesson plans, assemblies.
Downloadable poetry book. Based around
Millennium Development Goals.
Send My Friend
www.sendmyfriend.org
The website contains lesson plans to help you explore
why many children are
missing out on an education and steps for making buddies.
Trade Justice Movement
www.tradejusticemovement.org
Traidcraft
Kingsway, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE11 0NE 0191 491 0591
www.traidcraft.co.uk
Assemblies, lesson plans, images, primary reference materials, games, curriculum links.
Wateraid
www.wateraid.org/uk/learn_zone/
Videos, information packs, teaching aids, games.