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In September 2008 Bruce Crowther from the Fairtrade Foundation came to school as part of the local churches year long mission called 'More to Life'. Each month had a theme and September was 'Environment' month. He spoke to year 11 and the Sixth Form. It was a great privilege having Mr Crowther come to school and demonstrates our link with the community.

During this year the school has continued to use Fairtrade produce; tea, coffee and sugar in the staff room and the SEN base. The Sixth Form café continues to sell Fairtrade fruit and coffee. The functions organised by the school PTA also supports Fairtrade produce.

A tuck-shop was organised for Fairtrade Fortnight which again proved very popular.

Leaflets about what Fairtrade means were also available for those students who asked what we were doing. Produce, Geobars, Fruit and Nuts, Fairbreak wafers, were also sold in the staff room for most of the year. The students who use Kelston, our Special Educational Needs, base from years 7 to 9 were shown videos about making trade fair and played 'unfair' games during their lessons. They were also given samples of Fairtrade food to try. Posters were produced in Year 9 geography lessons and displayed on the Fairtrade notice-board.

We now have this section on the school website and also adverts on the digital signage screens in the main foyers of the school. This meant that we could advertise the tuck shops and any other Fairtrade event which was taking place either at school or locally. Students are more likely to read items here than on paper notices put up around the school.

The 'Go Bananas Day' in March was unfortunately a day the students were not in school. It was advertised at school, and as I had registered our school before realising the students were not in school, members of staff participated instead.

Fairtrade continues to be a subject of Citizenship lessons across the year groups and is also included in Geography, Philosophy and Belief and Business Enterprise lessons.

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