From our Great Gryffe Fairtrade Bake off, Fairtrade smoothie and banana split stalls we managed to raise a whopping £335! This will be match funded by the UK government - so it will be doubled to £670. We think this is a massive achievement and couldn't be prouder of the Gryffe High School community.
Above are some pictures from across the Fortnight, including our Bake off winners, banana splits, Fairtrade trail, Fairtrade wrapper competition and the Renfrewshire Council Local Authority Fairtrade Steering Group meeting which was hosted by Gryffe on Thursday 19th March.
The Bake off winners were: Codi Carswell, Thea Raeburn, Hannah Brummitt and Nicole Hagen. The girls were then finalists at the Renfrewshire Council Bake off the next day - well done girls for getting on so well! Our school winners were Lucy Cameron, Laura James, Emily Svensson, Logan McBride, Laura James and Emma Ross (not pictured). Their cakes and bakes included a fantastic Victoria sponge, chocolate brownies, banana muffins, to name but a few. Well done!
The Fairtrade smoothie and banana split storm went down very well with staff and pupils alike. Our 6th Citizenship Committee members did an excellent job at promoting the goodies and ofcourse contributed greatly to the overall amount raised.
The S1/2 Fairtrade wrapper compeition was a close call, but Burns house won out in the end and Blair Tate from 1Bn claimed the Fairtrade Easter egg prize for collecting 23 wrappers in total - well done, Blair!
Megan Lovett of 1M won the S1 Fairtrade Trail competition. She correctly identified the number of Fairtrade sugar producers worldwide by going around the school and hunting down the posters. This was a sneaky numeracy task as pupils had to add up all the numbers from 15 different posters to get the right number of producers! Well done, Megan!
Renfrewshire Council Local Authority Fairtrade Steering Group meeting which was hosted by Gryffe on Thursday 19th March. This was a fantastic opportunity for the school to showcase some of the events that we had done across the Fortnight. We welcomed over 25 guests including other schools, Councillors and local Fairtrade groups. Some of our pupils did an excellent presentation and Miss Rowan put together a fabulous video with pictures, music and soundbites. Some of our Fairtrade Fighters also went above and beyond to make some lovely cakes for our guests, include Fairtrade banana pancakes, swiss roll and cupcakes.
As ever, we are continuing our efforts throughout the year to ensure that we remain a FairAchiever School. We look forward to more opportunities to include Fairtrade events, activities and lessons for the remainder of the session.