On Wednesday 4th of March six children from Cockwood School Council represented the School with their attendance at the annual Fair Trade Conference held at Westcliff Primary School. The focus this year was Fair Trade Bananas. The children were lucky enough to meet Simeon Green and Veronica Brown from St Vincent & the Grenadine Islands…
(written by members of the school council) We sold cakes and tradecraft paraphernalia on Friday 2nd December. We sold Rocky Roads and Rice Crispy Christmas Tree Cake, which we made ourselves the day before. We also sold cupcakes and a giant Malteser cake kindly donated by parents. We made lots of money which was extremely…
The School Council recently attended a Fairtrade Conference at the Eden Project. Their day started early as they travelled by train and bus to Cornwall. Upon arrival they met up with other schools from the south-west. They attended a tea-growers workshop, where they became part of the Fairtrade Premium Committee and had to decide how…
Fairtrade Breakfast – A report by the children of the school council “On Friday 4th March, we organised a Fairtrade Breakfast at the village hall. Fairtrade food was made and consumed by everyone who came. We carefully selected the ingredients that went into our cakes in order that at least one ingredient was Fairtrade.