The Co-operative’s
Green Schools Revolution
Fair Enterprise
Teacher notes and
pupil worksheets
for pupils aged 5-7
Introduction
These Fair Enterprise resources will help you explore and celebrate Fairtrade and co-operation with your pupils. Using a real life case study about bananas, your pupils will learn how Fairtrade is making a difference for farmers and workers who belong to a co-operative in Panama. Your pupils can also get involved in enterprising activities including holding a Fairtrade coffee morning for parents and presenting a Fairtrade play or assembly.
Through case studies, pictures, videos and games, these engaging resources bring the Fairtrade story to life and help your pupils to explore the difference it can make to farmers and workers in developing countries.
Contents
Teacher notes
• How to use the Banana Fairtrade case study
• How to use the story sort pupil activity
• How to present a Fairtrade play or assembly
• Holding a Fairtrade coffee morning or tea party for children and parents
• Help pupils to be enterprising as they help with the Fairtrade assembly, coffee morning or tea party
• Curriculum links
Pupil worksheets
• Fair Enterprise recipe cards (for teachers as well)
• Story sort activity cards
• Fairtrade assembly or play scripts
• Reflection sheet
Teacher notes
for Fair Enterprise
The Co-operative’s
Green Schools Revolution
How to use the Banana Fairtrade case study
for pupils aged 5 -7
This Fairtrade case study is a short, 6-slide PowerPoint presentation that tells the story of how Fairtrade is making a difference for the banana workers on a co-operative plantation in Panama.
The case study is a great way to introduce the idea of Fairtrade by looking at a real-life example of how Fairtrade is improving peoples’ lives by giving them a better deal.
Each screen includes presenter’s notes with key points and suggested questions to use with pupils, background information and web links for the teacher.
You can use the case study in circle time, an assembly about Fairtrade, lesson time or during a Fairtrade tea party or coffee morning for parents.
In lessons or circle time
• Bring some Fairtrade bananas into school and remove the stickers from half (these ones will represent non-Fairtrade bananas)
• Ask pupils if they can tell or explain the difference between the two sets of bananas.
• Explain that the bananas with the Fairtrade stickers on (don’t call them by this name yet, though) are different because by buying them, we’re making a big difference to the lives of the people who work hard to grow them for us. • Use the case study to explore the difference that Fairtrade is making to the people of the COOBANA co-operative
in Panama, using the key points and questions to tease out the ways in which Fairtrade prices and the Fairtrade premium are helping COOBANA members earn a better living and decide together how they can improve their homes and communities.
As part of an assembly or presentation to parents
• Start by delivering the scripted assembly performance with the help of pupils.
• Use the case study to show a real example of how Fairtrade can improve peoples’ lives.
• Involve parents by finding out who already buys Fairtrade products (and what they buy) and who might be more likely to choose Fairtrade now they understand the difference it can make.
Showcase other Fairtrade products
Whatever your approach, why not also bring in other Fairtrade products and showcase the many other ways in which we can transform the lives of smallholder farmers or workers in developing countries by choosing Fairtrade?
You could:
• Create a display of products and show their origins on a wall map, globe or projected map. • Allow parents and pupils to try some products for themselves.
How to use the Story Sort pupil activity
This pupil activity is a simple sorting and ordering task using words and pictures. Use it to reinforce pupils’ understanding and assess their learning.
The activity includes two sets of six cards. Each set tells a story. You will need to have these cut up ready for pupils to use as they work in pairs or small groups.
Pupils can:
• Order a single set of cards at one time, to explore ONE story of either unfair or Fairtrade.
• Sort and then order BOTH sets of cards, to identify fair and unfair elements and build up the unfair and Fairtrade stories.
You can use the cards:
• To build and reinforce pupils’ understanding after you use the case study in circle or lesson time, in an assembly or as part of a Fairtrade tea party or coffee morning.
• As a starter activity to set the scene for a lesson about Fairtrade.
• As a parent and child ‘learning together’ activity during a Fairtrade coffee morning or tea party. • As a home learning activity.
After pupils have completed the activity they can:
• Re-tell each story in their own words, verbally or as a writing task. • Create a poster or display about their story.
• With support and prompting, imagine and share what it might be like to be a person in each story, what life might be like and what they might want to use the Fairtrade premium for.
Present a Fairtrade play or assembly
These ideas will help you plan and present with pupils an assembly or play about the difference Fairtrade makes to the lives of growers and farmers in developing countries.
The script is about cocoa farmers, since chocolate is a nice topic for an assembly and a good way to get pupils instantly engaged! It’s quick and easy to amend the script to instead focus on bananas (especially if you also want to show the case study presentation) or any other Fairtrade crop or product, like blueberries, tea or coffee.
In the pupil worksheets you will find presenter scripts and lines for pupils to act out the parts of children in the UK, buyers and growers. On the next page you will find a simple framework for delivering the assembly.
Find out more about The Co-operative’s Fairtrade chocolate on the chocolate module at:
http://www.co-operative.coop/beyondfairtrade
When can I use these ideas?
Pupils can deliver the script as part of:
• An assembly about Fairtrade
• A Fairtrade coffee morning or afternoon tea party • In a lesson to explore the difference Fairtrade can make.
How long will it take?
That’s up to you! Amend the script and include your own ideas to create the right assembly for your pupils to deliver and watch.
• The script will take around 10 – 15 minutes to deliver, including teacher-led discussion.
• If you want to include the case study about the COOBANA banana co-operative, add another 5 - 10 minutes. • A complete assembly should therefore last between 15 – 30 minutes.
• Allow one or two lessons for rehearsals and making props etc.
What will I need?
Before you start, make sure you’ve read the case study. The script is based around children working in two groups, each with a presenter and up to nine other brief roles. You can split each presenter script to involve more pupils, or combine child / farmer roles to involve fewer pupils. You will need to print out each line of script, and put each part on some card or laminate it.
You’ll also want to think about:
• Costumes and props for pupils.
• Backdrops, such as a cardboard mock-up of a shop in the UK and some cardboard cocoa trees and pods to represent where the growers live.
• A projector and screen, if you also want to show the case study about Fairtrade bananas, watch the video at the web link above, or show the FAIRTRADE Mark and photos of other Fairtrade products.
How to deliver the script / assembly
Adapt this framework to suit your pupils and the time you have available.
Teacher
• Welcome everyone to your assembly and explain that it’s about something very important: when we buy food, the choices we make affect the lives of people who grow crops in other countries.
• If you like, ask for pupils’ ideas about which crops grow in other countries, and where.
• If you do, build on this to introduce the idea of ‘developing countries’ and how life there differs from life in the UK, including what the lives of children might be like.
Group 1
• Pupils read out the presenter’s lines and then the lines for the three Group 1 children.
Teacher
• Ask pupils who has ever wondered about the lives of the people who grow the cocoa for the chocolate they enjoy. Do they think their lives are like ours, or perhaps very different? Gather their ideas and remind them that they will now find out.
Group 1
• Pupils read out the lines for the farmers and buyer in Group 1.
Teacher
• Ask pupils for their reaction. What do they think life must be like for these growers, who can’t earn enough to live on? • You may at this stage want to briefly explore the wider concept of ‘fairness’ using appropriate examples, such as
sharing a bar of chocolate unequally between friends.
• Gather ideas about what pupils think might be a fair solution to this problem.
Group 2
• Pupils read out the presenter’s lines, the lines for the two Group 2 children and the lines for the Group 2 farmers and buyers.
Teacher
• Ask who agrees with the children in Group 1 (we don’t need to care about producers) or Group 2 (it’s right that we should care).
• If you want, briefly discuss the idea of taking responsibility for our choices.
• Remind pupils that Fairtrade helps by paying growers a better price, so they can earn enough to live on, and also by paying an extra sum of money (the Fairtrade premium) that growers can spend on improving their communities. A good way to do this is to use the case study about the COOBANA banana co-operative in Panama.
• Ask pupils how they can tell that a product is Fairtrade, and show the FAIRTRADE Mark. Find out if any pupils remember seeing this on other products in shops or at home.
• Show examples of other Fairtrade products. Pupils can hold up examples, or you can project photos.
• Ask pupils what we can all do: we can tell other people about Fairtrade, and look out for Fairtrade products to help make sure growers get a better deal. We could choose Fairtrade fruit and snacks at the supermarket, or when we’re out and about. If we can’t see any, we could even ask for them!
We want people to be fair to us, so we should be fair to others! • Thank everyone for listening and remind them to choose Fairtrade – and tell others!
Hold a Fairtrade coffee morning or tea party
for children and parents
A coffee morning, afternoon tea party or other event is a great way to showcase what pupils have been learning about Fairtrade, raise awareness among parents, and enjoy some delicious snacks!
It’s a great opportunity for pupils to work together, co-operate and be enterprising, learning and using important skills like working as a team, making decisions and using their literacy and numeracy skills.
Planning for your event
What do I want my pupils to achieve?
Start by thinking about what learning outcomes you’d like to build into your event. What activities will deliver these outcomes? Pupils can:
• Help plan and prepare • Prepare food to share
• Identify other Fairtrade products to display and taste • Create displays about Fairtrade
• Explain Fairtrade using the scripts and your own ideas.
When and where can we hold it?
Your event only needs to last 30 – 45 minutes. Think about the right time and place for your event. You might need to take into account:
• The best time for parents to come to school – and how many might come • The space you will need for preparation and hosting
• When you’ll need to vacate the space.
What will we need?
You might need to think about:
• What you will need to prepare and safely store your snacks, such as kitchen tools, a fridge etc. • Crockery and cutlery for serving tea, coffee and your chosen snacks
• Presentation equipment such as a projector and screen • Display materials.
Who else can help?
Involving others will make planning and delivering your event easier, and it’s also a way to demonstrate the power of working co-operatively. How could you involve:
• Other teaching and support staff? • Parents?
• Governors? • Pupils?
Will we want donations, or sell our snacks?
Voluntary donations can help to pay for any ingredients and sample Fairtrade products you offer, and you may want to give parents the chance to buy additional snacks to take home. However, this may put some parents off attending, and you will need a system to manage the money you gather. Make the right decision that takes into account your understanding of parents’ circumstances.
Preparing for your event
The more they are involved, the more pupils will gain from helping prepare and deliver your event. The ‘Help pupils to be enterprising’ guide gives you lots of ideas about the tasks pupils can take on and the skills they will develop by doing so.
Always refer to and follow any school policies on food safety, parental events
and risk management, plus School Food Trust nutritional guidelines
How will we invite parents?
Pupils can make invitations for their parents and other guests such as school governors. Think about whether you will want parents to respond, to help you plan for the right number of guests on the day.
Where will I store food?
Think about the safe storage of any food you will serve. Some snacks will need to be prepared the day before or on the day (eg smoothies, cheesecake desserts, or other recipes of your own) while you will be able to store others safely at ambient temperature for a day or two (e.g.muffins).
How will we lay out the room?
You will need space for:
• Preparing and serving teas and coffees
• Preparing food on the day (cutting up fruit, making smoothies etc.) • Serving food to parents (pupils could take trays or plates to each table) • Presenting pupils’ ideas or assembly plays
Delivering your event
Here are a few ideas you could include on the day:
• Serve Fairtrade tea and coffee, with Fairtrade sugar, as parents arrive. • Parents and guests can sit with their children.
• With pupils, welcome guests and explain what you’re going to do and show them.
• Use the case study presentation, pupil assembly scripts and your own ideas to introduce Fairtrade and explain how it helps farmers and workers.
• Involve guests! They can share their own ideas, use shows of hands to demonstrate awareness of issues or facts, and vote on their favourite snacks or products after your tasting.
• Share your snacks and other Fairtrade samples. Pupils can explain how they prepared each one, and guests could take home copies of any recipes they have enjoyed.
• Why not include a ‘learning together’ activity that parents can do with their children? This could be the pupil sorting and ordering activity game or your own idea.
• Remember to thank guests for coming and encourage them to consider Fairtrade products. • Share The Co-operative and Fairtrade web links from the case study so guests can find out more.
Help pupils to be enterprising as they help with your
Fairtrade assembly, coffee morning or tea party
It’s never too early to help your pupils start learning how to ‘be enterprising’. Exploring Fairtrade using these activities is a great way to help pupils develop important skills that will help them throughout their lives.
75% of Fairtrade products are sourced from producer co-operatives and pupils can work co-operatively as they prepare for and take part in the activities. All co-operatives share the same values (and principles) and pupils can use and build skills and qualities related to each one:
• Discuss pupils’ own ideas about what these skills or qualities mean, drawing on their own examples and your own ideas to illustrate each one.
• Think about why each one matters to each pupil and to those around them.
• Create a display about these skills and qualities, for example giving one to each table group to illustrate in words and images.
• Pupils can present their ideas in an assembly or event.
Co-operative value
Self-help
Self-responsibility
Democracy
Equality
Equity
Solidarity
Enterprise skill or quality
• Initiative
• Determination
• Work with others
• Manage time and materials
• Work with others
• Make decisions
• Show respect
• Help others
• Make decisions
• Show fairness
• Work with others
• Help others
Help pupils to be enterprising as they help with your
Fairtrade assembly, coffee morning or tea party
Activity
Assembly or presentation
Food preparation
Coffee morning or tea party
Pupils could…
• Think of ideas to include
• Work together and as individuals
to rehearse their part
• Create props, backgrounds and
display materials
• Think of other recipes to make
• Work in teams to prepare a recipe
• Measure ingredients and scale up to make
larger quantities
• Follow instructions to make a recipe
• Show safety and consideration in the kitchen
• Think of ideas to include
• Work in teams and as individuals to create
display materials
• Help plan and organise the event
• Take on a role or function on the day, be
helpful and show initiative
Curriculum links
England
Pupils will be able to develop the full range of Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS), and develop their literacy and numeracy skills, as they take part in the Fair Enterprise activities. Depending on your approach you will also be able to support English, Maths, Art & Design and Design & Technology.
Fairtrade:
Geography: 3c, d, e; 6b
Citizenship/PSHE: 1a, b; 2b, c, e, I; 5a – g.
Enterprise:
Citizenship/PSHE: 1d, e; 2a, d, I; 4a, b; 5a-g.
Wales Foundation Phase
Pupils will be able to explore and use the full range of thinking and communication skills across the curriculum. Depending on your approach you will also be able to support Language, Literacy and Communications Skills, Mathematical Development and Creative Development as pupils take part in the Fair Enterprise activities.
Fairtrade:
Personal and social development, well-being and cultural diversity: Activities support the full range of social development and moral and spiritual development goals as well as contributing to the development of their well being and that of others. Pupils can be creative and imaginative, communicate their ideas and beliefs and discuss outcomes. Knowledge and understanding of the world: Pupils can explore differences between places and learn how places and people are linked.
Enterprise:
Personal and social development, well-being and cultural diversity: Activities support the full range of social
development and moral and spiritual development goals as well as contributing to the development of their well-being and that of others. Pupils can take on a range of roles, be creative and imaginative, communicate their ideas and beliefs, solve problems and discuss outcomes.
Scotland
Pupils can develop their Skills for Learning, Life and Work, and the full range of their ‘Four Capacities’.
They will also be able to develop their literacy and numeracy skills as they take part in the Fair Enterprise activities.
Fairtrade:
Health & Wellbeing: HWB 0-35a, 0-13a, 0-19a, 0-20a Religious & Moral Education: RME 0-09a Social Subjects: HWB 0-35a, SOC 0-17a
Enterprise:
Health & Wellbeing: 0-10a, 0-12a, 0-13a, 0-19a Social Subjects:
Northern Ireland
Pupils can develop their cross-curricular skills in communication and using mathematics, as well as the full range of Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities. Depending on your approach you will also be able to support Language & Literacy, Mathematics & Numeracy and The Arts.
Fairtrade:
The World Around Us: Interdependence of people, comparisons betweenplaces, positive change and personal responsibilities.
Personal Development and Mutual Understanding: responsibility and respect, honesty and fairness, similarities and differences between people.
Enterprise:
Personal Development and Mutual Understanding: Pupils can explore the full range of outcomes.
Pupil worksheets
for ages 5-7
The Co-operative’s
Green Schools Revolution
Banana Muffins
Stripy smoothie
Be safe!
An adult should supervise
any mixing and baking.
What to do:
1.
Mix the butter and sugar really well in a bowl, until light and fluffy.2.
Add the eggs and mix.3.
Slowly add the flour (sieve it if you prefer) and mix just until combined.4.
Add a little milk if the mixture needs loosening.5.
Mash the bananas and stir into your cake mixture.6.
Spoon some mixture into cases and bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until ready.Be safe!
An adult should blend the smoothies.
What to do:
1.
Peel and slice the banana and put it in the blender or jug.2.
Add the blueberries.3.
Add either the ice or the yogurt.4.
Blend your smoothie, making sure you don’t squirt it everywhere!5.
Taste your smoothie and mix in just a little honey if you want.6.
Pour your smoothie into a glass and enjoy. 2 bowls2 wooden spoons Scales
Mixer
Muffin cases and baking tray Fork
Oven, preheated to 180ºC / gas mark 4 or 5
Blender or hand blender
Tall jug (e.g. a Pyrex measuring jug) Table knife
Spoon
250g soft butter
250g Fairtrade caster sugar 4 eggs
A little milk
4 – 5 Fairtrade bananas
1 Fairtrade banana
1 handful Fairtrade blueberries Optional: teaspoon Fairtrade honey Plus:
A handful of ice cubes OR 150ml plain yogurt.
Ingredients
Ingredients
To make 24 small muffins:
Tools
Tools
For a stripy smoothie:
1.
Blend the banana and blueberries separately with half the yogurt or ice.2.
Carefully spoon each mixture into a glass in layers, to create a stripy smoothie!Fruity cheesecake desserts
Fruit scones
Be safe!
An adult should melt the butter.
What to do:
1.
Melt the butter in one bowl, in the microwave.2.
Crush the digestive biscuits and add the butter.3.
Mix the butter and biscuits together then spoon some into each glass or other serving dish.4.
Mix the soft cheese and icing sugar in the other bowl, then spoon some into each serving dish,on top of your biscuit base.
5.
Chill in the fridge if you’re not going to serve straight away.6.
Add some sliced banana, blueberries or a mixture to each dessert.Be safe!
An adult should handle the hot baking tray.
What to do:
1.
Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl. Cut butter into small pieces and add to flour.2.
Rub butter into flour until mixture is like fine breadcrumbs.3.
Stir in the sugar and sultanas and then carefully mix in milk. Add a little more milk if the mixture looks too dry.4.
Sprinkle a little flour onto your table and then pot the dough on top. Roll your dough until it’s about 1cm think.5.
Using your cutter make circles and place on a lightly greased baking tray.6.
Bake for 10 mins. 16 digestives75g butter 600g soft cheese 50g Fairtrade sugar
1 – 2 packs Fairtrade blueberries 2 – 4 Fairtrade bananas
(You can vary how much biscuit base, cheese mix and fruit you add to each one!)
225g self-raising flower 1 level tsp baking powder 50g butter or margarine 25g Fairtrade sugar 125ml semi-skimmed milk 50g sultanas
Ingredients
Ingredients
To make 24 (adult) portions:
To serve 16:
2 bowls (1 must be microwaveable) 2 wooden spoons
Scales
24 or more glasses/cupcake cases to serve
Tools
Rolling pin 1 bowl
Cutter to make circles Wooden spoon Oven gloves
Measuring spoon or scales Sieve
Baking tray
Oven, preheated to 180oC / gas mark 4 or 5
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Story Sort for pupils aged 5-7
Explain to pupils:
These cards tell two stories. One story is about some farmers who can’t get a fair price for their crops. The other story is about some farmers who are being helped by Fairtrade.
Sort the cards to tell each story. Each story needs six cards.
These farmers work on their own
small farms or on a large farm
owned by someone else
They don’t always earn enough
money for their work.
They don’t always receive a fair
price for their crops.
Sometimes they find it hard to
pay for the things they need, like
food and school.
Often they can’t save up money
to improve their farms or homes.
These farmers may
become stuck in poverty.
These farmers work together
and help each other
Through Fairtrade they
earn a good price for their
work and crops.
They can afford to buy important
things like food, and pay for
school fees.
Fairtrade means they receive extra
money to spend on things they
need like schools and hospitals
They can decide together how
they will improve their
farms and homes.
Fairtrade helps these
farmers out of poverty.
Group 1 presenter lines
Our assembly is all about something we think about a lot – chocolate! Who thinks about chocolate?
There is also something we might not think about.
We might not think about the people who work hard to grow the cocoa that is used to make chocolate. Without cocoa, we can’t enjoy chocolate. But do cocoa farmers get a fair deal?
Let’s find out.
Fairtrade assembly
Look for the Mark when shopping
Yum! I love this chocolate.
I wonder who grew the
cocoa in it?
Who cares?
I just want more chocolate!
Um, I care!
I hope cocoa farmers
can earn a living.
That only seems fair.
Child 1
Child 2
Child 3
I work hard to grow and
harvest cocoa.
I can’t earn enough to pay
for growing my cocoa.
Our cocoa is made into
chocolate bars.
I can’t afford to pay for
what my family needs, like
food and school.
I want to make as much
money as I can!
I know – I’ll pay these
farmers as little as possible.
Our village doesn’t have
clean water.
We don’t have decent
homes.
Farmer 1
Farmer 1
Farmer 2
Farmer 2
Buyer
Buyer
Group 1 role lines
Group 2 will explain how Fairtrade gives workers or farmers a better deal.
Group 2 presenter lines
What about if we start with a different idea?
What about if we think that growers should get a better deal? What about if we chose a special sort of chocolate?
One that makes sure growers earn enough to live on? Let’s find out.
Fairtrade assembly
Yum! I love this chocolate.
I wonder who grew the
cocoa in it?
Look – the packet tells
you! Because it’s Fairtrade,
we know the farmers got a
better deal.
We work together to grow
and harvest cocoa.
Child 1
Child 2
Farmer 1
We share and help each
other.
We can offer a bigger
crop to buyers.
Fairtrade will also help you
improve your farms and
homes.
I’m a Fairtrade buyer.
I’ll give you a better price
for your cocoa.
That’s only fair!
We’ll decide together what
we’ll do.
That’s fair!
I earn more money now.
I can buy food for my
family, and send my
children to school.
I now have clean, safe
water.
We also have a better
school in our village.
Farmer 2
Fairtrade buyer 2
Fairtrade buyer 1
Farmer 4
Farmer 3
Farmer 5
Group 2 role lines
Think about how you helped. Colour in the box for each sentence.
