These projects are examples of present-day practice in Primary schools. They come under the umbrella of Citizenship, whereby children work collaboratively to enhance their relationships and improve their surroundings. Feel free to send in details of your project to Liam McGurrin at liam@mcgurrin.freeserve.co.uk, and it will be added to the site.
Fair Trade
FAIR TRADE COFFEE MORNING
The pupils at St Thomas More Primary School have learnt how the choices we make when we are shopping can really affect the lives of children on the other side of the world. Having found out that some farmers are not paid a fair wage and their children can not go to school or have medicines when they are sick, the pupils wanted to do something to help. They decided to hold a coffee morning for parents not to raise money but to tell them all about FAIR TRADE and so influence them to buy Fair Trade tea, coffee, chocolate and bananas. Parents were given Fair Trade recipes to make cakes and biscuits for the coffee morning. Lots of delicious cakes and biscuits were donated and 48 parents came and said that in future they would look out for the Fair Trade sign and support the cause.
Delia Kay