Fair trade

'Big Tea Party'

Pictured below are Miss Katy Rees and her Year 10 Textiles class with their metre of Fair trade cloth that they decorated in aid of the 'Big Tea Party'. This was an awareness raising event that took place in front of the Welsh Assembly Government Ministers in the Senedd, Cardiff.

Participating schools were sent a piece of fairly traded cotton to decorate in any way they wished. These were then assembled into a giant sized tablecloth and used on a giant table as part of a Fair trade Wales Campaign.

BWHS Fair trade Steering Group together with Mrs. Esther Sargeant the Fair trade Group Coordinator and Mrs. Melinda Kennedy the Eco Committee Coordinator, attended the Wales World Fair trade Fair in St. David's Hall on Saturday, 4th October, 2009 where they met Harriet Lamb the Director of the Fair trade Foundation and Roy Noble the BBC Radio Wales presenter.

Our Year 8 pupils sang their song about Fairtrade which they had written in a previous workshop to open the event and Oli performed a piece on his bass guitar on one of the stages during the afternoon sesssion.

Fair trade Convention - Saturday, 6th June 2009

On Saturday, 6th June, Mrs. Esther Sargeant (Fair trade Co-ordinator) and Mrs. Melinda Kennedy (Eco School Co-ordinator) took a group of pupils who are part of the Fair trade Committee to Carmarthen to join in the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of Wales being the first country to be awarded Fair trade status.

The pupils joined in with a workshop to write and record a song to mark the occasion and Oli and Tom were able to talk to a fair trade coffee grower by live internet link. Allanah, Erin and Ellie agreed to dress up as fair trade bananas and greeted delegates as they arrived at Trinity College. Tom and Chris bought themselves a beautifully decorated mug from a fair trade trader and everyone was treated to a delicious buffet made with fair trade ingredients.

The following photos record the day.