2. Fairtrade supports the millions of farmers in the developing world who struggle to make a living from selling their crops. Buying products with the FAIRTRADE Mark ensures they receive a fair price plus a little extra, the Fairtrade premium, to invest in projects of their choice.

3. What Kind of Products are Fairtrade?

4. Fairtrade Fortnight 23 Feb – 8 March 2015

5. Hold an assembly Every year the Fairtrade Fortnight takes place in February. Last year’s theme was Go Bananas for fairtrade. We did a role play about farmers trying to get a fair price for their bananas.

6. Some other things we have done Hold a Fairtrade Fortnight coffee morning or stall

7. Have a Fairtrade Stall at the School Christmas Fair We sold things from the Traidcraft catalogue: Shortbread Jewellery boxes Chocolate bars Wooden nativity sets

8. Have a Fairtrade taste test.

9. Decorate a banana competition

10. Hold a Fairtrade Easter egg hunt, or raffle a Fairtrade Easter egg.

11. So you’d like to become a Fairtrade School!........

12. Become a Fairtrade school Become a Fairtrade schoBecome a Fairtrade schoolol Become a Fairtrade School 3 steps: 1.Fairaware Award 2. Fairactive Award 3. Fairachieve Award http://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/fairtrade-schools/become-fairtrade-school