World Fair Trade Day

The World Fair Trade Day is a global celebration on 11th May. It is organised annually by the World Fair Trade Organisation to raise awareness. We are sharing some of our resources which will allow children to discuss and better understand some of the issues around Fair Trade.

Key Stage 1

Year 1 Reading Skills – Fairtrade Cookies

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Fairtrade Cookies resource contains instructions on how to bake Fairtrade cookies along with a range of questions covering each content domain.

Key Stage 1

Year 2 Reading Skills – Fairtrade

This Year 2 Reading Skills Fairtrade resource contains an information text all about Fairtrade, containing details about the products we can buy to support Fairtrade, along with a range of questions.

Key Stage 1

KS1 Fairtrade Fortnight Needs and Wants Activity

This KS1 Fairtrade Fortnight Needs and Wants Activity is an engaging resource that involves a sorting game of what a person really needs as well as introducing Fairtrade and its importance to farmers.

Lower Key Stage 2

Year 4 Reading Skills – A Fair Cup

This Fair Cup resource contains an information text about Fairtrade coffee and the supply chains that Fairtrade and non-Fairtrade farmers are part of, along with a range of questions.

Lower Key Stage 2

That’s Not Fair! (Y2m/Y3d/Y4e) Guided Reading Pack

This Guided Reading Pack is linked to Fairtrade about a family who learns about Fairtrade from the Fairtrade Heroes.

Upper Key Stage 2

Year 5 Reading Skills – Fairtrade Fair Approval

This resource contains a newspaper about a school as it begins to take on Fairtrade initiatives and wins the Fair Achiever award along with a range of questions covering each content domain.

Upper Key Stage 2

Chocolate (Y4m/Y5s/Y6e) Guided Reading Pack

This Guided Reading Pack is linked to the Maya Civilisation and Fairtrade and is an explanation text about the processes to make chocolate.

Upper Key Stage 2

Breaking the Chains of Supply

This text is in the form of a poem which compares buying Fairtrade products to buying non-Fairtrade products.