SCHOOLS

Fair Do’s carries out a lot of work with local schools. Many schools in the area take part in our sale or return service, selling goods at their events. We also accept small groups of pupils with their teacher into the shop for a tour and a chance to ask questions about the small role we play in making trade fairer. If you would be interested in using these services, please call us at the shop on 02920 222066.

If you are looking to become a Fairtrade School, you can find the information you need on Fair Trade Wales‘ website, an organisation with which we work closely – www.fairtradewales.com/schools/473

Young fair traders return to Fair Do’s

Our young friends at Millbank Primary school have visited us before; you may remember their adorable little teddy bear photographed all over the shop! The bear was not forgotten this time either as you can see from our pictures below. We spent a lovely afternoon on 23rd November with the pupils of Class 5 – their enthusiasm for fair trade is always inspiring and infectious! They were joined this time by Mr Peter, the head teacher from the AMAF school in Kenya who has been spending some time at Millbank joining in fund-raising events and lessons on fair trade.

Our volunteer Katarina also visited the school to find out about how they learn about fair trade. You can see some lovely pictures from this visit below.

We would like to say a huge thank you to the staff and pupils at Millbank Primary.

Exciting news for our schools work

Fair Do’s received some exciting news over the summer. We have been awarded a grant from the Welsh Government’s Wales for Africa programme, which will go towards advancing our work with schools.

As many of you already know, we offer several services for schools including tours around our shop and workspace, and loan of resources like books and DVDs. We also offer a sale or return service, whereby school groups can borrow our products to sell at their events. The tours of Fair Do’s have been particularly successful in the past; they are a fantastic hands-on learning experience and an opportunity to broaden the children’s understanding of fair trade.

This grant from the Welsh Government will allow us to further this work. We will be able to increase our resources, make the shop more pupil-friendly, and spread the word to more schools. We are so grateful for this opportunity to continue this valuable work and look forward to meeting more enthusiastic young minds soon!

If you would like to know more about our services for schools, please call us at the shop 02920 222066 or email info@fairdos.com.

Super sellers

Congratulations to St Teilo’s CW School who were the top sellers out of all our high school representatives for 2010/2011.

Leading the way in sales for our primary school representatives were St Joseph’s RC School, Newport, with St Mary’s RC School, Canton a close second.

We would like to thank these and all our schools representatives who work so hard all year round. The dedication of the pupils, staff and parents to the fair trade cause is very much appreciated.

CSEN Marketplace

Fair Do’s will be holding an information stall at the CSEN (Cardiff Sustainable Education Network) marketplace on Thursday 9th June from 4pm until 6pm.

This event takes place at the Howardian Centre, Cardiff and is open to all teachers with an interest in ESDGC ( Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship.) We’d love to see you there to tell you about what Fair Do’s can do for your school.

Photos from Fairtrade Fortnight
Our group of visitors from St Joseph’s RC Primary School were lucky enough to be in the shop when our Palestinian olive farmers dropped in.

They are pictured here with Bassema and Riziq.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 Successes
A huge thank you to all the schools groups who visited us during Fairtrade Fortnight. It was wonderful to see your enthusiasm. It was especially exciting to have groups from schools who have never visited us before – we hope you will come again! Well done for all your hard work promoting fair trade too – many successful fashion shows, cake sales and stalls – an excellent job all round showing off the fair trade label.

Stock up your staff room
If you are part of a large school staff, and you collectively need a lot of coffee to get through the day (!) you can purchase catering size packs of tea, coffee and sugar sticks from Fair Do’s for your school. It’s a really easy way to support your local fair trade shop, as well as adding a little ethical flavour to your workplace.

Download the price list, correct in April 2011

Young fair traders grin and ‘bear’ it!

On Thursday 25th November 2010, we received a visit from some young fair traders at Millbank Primary School.

The group were given a tour of the Fair Do’s shop, office and stock room and had their questions answered by Jan, the owner and manager of Fair Do’s. They even sampled some fair trade hot chocolate and cookies.

Click here to see their report and photos from the day on the Millbank Primary website, and look out for their little friend Millie Banks, who seems to be enjoying the range of products on offer!

If you would like to arrange a visit for a small group from your school, please call Jan at the shop on 02920 222066

Fair trade products for your school

It’s not just edible products that you can buy for your school – at Fair Do’s we have a wide range of ethical goods that will enhance your curriculum, as well as making it more fun! Pictured below are fair trade footballs and rugby balls which have already been popular with teachers in the area.

Footballs

We also have a very wide range of musical instruments from around the world. From colourful finger pianos to thunder makers and beautiful xylophones, you’re sure to find something your pupils will enjoy. They could create an entire orchestra from these fairly-traded and unique instruments.

musical instruments

musical instruments3

African drumming and music workshops are a great way to fulfil the curriculum requirements for key stages 2 and 3, and your pupils are bound to enjoy this approach to learning music.

If you work in a nursery school, maybe you’re looking for some unique soft toys to add to your collection. At Fair Do’s we have some beautiful ethnic dolls from the Bishopston Trading Company.toys for website

These lovely dolls are made in the South Indian village of K.V Kuppam and come in a box complete with beautiful handmade clothes and accessories.

We also stock toys from Sri Lanka.

toys

This friendly-looking bunch are made from 100% cotton with a polyfibre filling.

Call us today so we can discuss providing for your school’s needs in any of these areas. Or visit our shop, where you will find a very wide range of lovely old-fashioned wooden toys as well as colourful, modern toys to brighten up your childrens’ education.

Fair trade support for schools from Fair Do’s

We can offer all sorts of help for your school to make a real difference.

Cefnogaeth masnach deg i ysgolion gan Siopa Teg/Fair Do’s

Cwmni di-elw yw Siopa Teg/Fair Dos gyda’r nod o hyrwyddo’r cysyniad o fasnach deg, a gwerthu cynnyrch masnach deg.

Rydym yn cynnig y gwasanaethau canlynol i ysgolion, eglwysi a chymdeithasau