Yesterday we
were playing the Fairtrade game. We all got roles and there was the cocoa
farmers, the Fairtrade farmers, shoppers, shop keepers 1 and 2, the big
chocolate factory and the Fairtrade chocolate factory.
Cocoa farmers
Cocoa
farmers don’t get paid for enough for what they produce. They would like a
better deal they want to sell to Fairtrade cocoa factory’s but cant. Now let’s
interview some cocoa farmers.
Q: How hard
is life on the farm and why?
A: It’s
really hard because we don’t get the fair amount of money we deserve!
Q: How do
you feel about the price of cocoa beans going down?
A: terrible
because we don’t get enough money!
Q: how do
you feel about black pod decease?
A: Terrible
because big chocolate factory won’t buy our beans only from surtian cocoa
farmers!
Fairtrade cocoa farmers
The
fairtrade farmers get a better amount of money because the cocoa beans they grow
get bought for a good amount. Lets interview some fairtrade farmers.
Q: what are
you trying to accomplish ?
A: we wanted
to have a good and good payment that is why were fairtrade
Q: Do you
just sell to fairtrade factories?
A: there is
always argument between us but we mostly don’t
Q: do you
ever feel your going to get scammed by not getting fair amount of money for
your beans?
A: No we
trust the people we sell to
Q: How do
you feel about black pod disease ?
A: it
doesn’t affect us because we made plenty last season
Fairtrade factory
The
Fairtrade factory buys beans from fairtrade cocoa farmers. They give them a
fair amount of money. Now lets get on to the interview.
Q: How much
do you pay for cocoa beans?
A: 5p per
bean
Q: What do
you think about fairtrade?
A: We think
fairtrade is important because everyone should be treated fairly
Q: Do you
always buy from fairtrade?
A: Yes we do
Q: How do
you feel about black pod disease?
A: We don’t
really like it because its bad for the farmers but its good for us because we
get more money
Big chocolate factory
The big
chocolate factory only buys from independent farmers. Lets start the interview.
Q: What is
your aim?
A: more
profit
Q: why do
you want more profit?
A: decent
pay and so our families can have a good living
Q: where do
you get your beans and why?
A: Ghana
because its better quality
Q: Why did
you lower the prices?
A: we wanted
more money
Q: don’t you
get enough money?
A: well yes
but we wanted more money to get more supplies
Q: do you
ever consider cocoa farmers?
A: we only
care about ourselves
Q:how do you
feel about black pod disease?
A: it
doesn’t affect us we bought plenty last season
Shop keepers 1
Shop keepers
number 1 is fairtrade and sell fairtrade produts.
Now lets get
on with the interview.
Q: Do you
ever buy from big chocolate factory?
A: Sometimes
only if they have a good price
Q; Why did
you buy it then if someone wasn’t getting the fair price for it?
A: We don’t
care about poor people.
Q: Why don’t
you care?
A: We only
care about our lives no one elses
Q: How much
do you sell your chocolate bars for?
A: £1 per
bar
Shop
keepers 2
Shop keepers
number 2 sometimes sell fairtrade products. Lets get on to the interview .
Q: Do you always buy from fairtrade
factory?
A: We sometimes buy from fairtrade
factoreis but sometimes buy from big chocolate factory.
Q: How do you feel about black pod
deacese?
A: It doesn’t really effect us
because we can buy from both factories.
Shoppers
The shoppers work with the
journalists to help them find out information about fairtrade. We interviewed
them ourselfs lets see what they said.
Q: Do you only buy fairtrade
chocolate bars?
A: Well I usually buy fairtrade
chocolate bars because its fairer price for the farmers.
Q: Do you taste a difference from
fairtrade and non fairtrade chocolate bars?
A: No but it feel better eating a
fairtrade chocolate bar.
That’s all we have interviewed today
but we think we will be doing another fairtrade game again.
It was very fun playing the trading game.
ReplyDeleteBY Kadyn
Hi class 6 I enjoyed playing the trading game it was fun selling chocolate bars to other people and buying them for our shop. We made good deals to the shoppers and they made good deals with us the journalists came round and asked us very good questions and we gave them good answers. Trading games are good fun and sometimes very stressful. I hope we do something like this again. Jennifer
ReplyDeleteIt was very intresting to learn about fairtrade but it was also pretty
ReplyDeletesad that the cocoa farmers did not get the right amount of money that they deserve the treading game was fun because you got to experience what real people get put threw. Erlend.B
Hi Class 6,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed playing the trading game because I got to work with pepole I dont work with that offten so I found out that we worked well toghter. My favrote part was when I got to go and ask The fairtrade coco bean company for coco beans because I made them them happy when I told them that if they gave Me 10 beans I would give them 50p, They thought that was a fair deal. I really exited to play the trading game again sometime soon.
Caitlin
Hi class 6 I think the board game was so fun and I played with Jennifer, Erin r and Daisy Daisy took awile to finesh she ceaped on going doon the bannbs I think we should play it more it is so fun by Paige
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 how was the chocolate trading game? It sounds fun. How do you play it and did you find it fun? I wish I could of been there to play it but hopefully I will get to play it soon. By Aneisha
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 those games were really fun i was in the fair trade farmers.Scott
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 me and Brogan were coco farmer we had to make coco for the big chocolate factory they sold it to the market then then the shoppers bought it. Tyler
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 i think it was fun doing the trading gamei was a independint farmer because you could see what it was like to be a indapendent farmer at the end the fair trade coumpany made £62.60 i hope we would like to do it again.William
ReplyDeleteI think it was very good brakes and ldders we should play it more it is a fair trade game and i am in the fair trade comenity group so i know how inportent fair trade is.
ReplyDeleteon tuesday 7th of march class 6 2017 did a fairtrade game. there was lots of positions Aiden was a indepenant farmer and Jack was a shopkeeper. We both think there should be more fairtrade products. Aiden and Jack
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 did you enjoy the trading game fun. I thought the trading game was challenging and unfair because me and Tyler were independent cocoa farmers and the big chocolate company wouldn't take our cocoa beans but they teen other independent cocoa farmers beans. Bye Brogan
ReplyDeleteHello Everyone, when we played The chocolate trading game I was playing a role as a fair trade company with Caitlin and Kyden and our goal was to buy cocoa beans and make chocolate bars then sell them to the shop keepers. There were different season so different things could happen it was really fun. Darby
ReplyDeleteOn Tuesday we did the chocolate trading game I did the supermarket 1 with Jack and Finley.Cameron
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 on the 8 of February 2017 we played The chocolate trading game. I think it was cool and Interesting. my group was the supermarket our role was to sell the chocolate bars to the shoppers. we made a profit of £23 there was another shop who were rivals with us.
ReplyDeleteFrom Finlay
On the 6th of February we played a chocolate trading game I was a independent farmer. I had to make loads of coco beans and sell them to the big chocolate company. we made £3.50! it was loads of fun.
ReplyDeleteAngus.
Hi everyone it was really fun playing the trading game my group was shop 2 I had Erlend and Jennifer in my group there was the cocoa farmers what sold they're beans to the chocolate company's to make bars and then us shop's bought the bars to sell to the shoppers it was really fun doing this game. My group got £18.00 profit out of it the other shop got £24.00 profit and I hope we play it again soon cause i had a lot of fun the last time. Kaylen
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 yesterday we played a really fun game called the fair-trade chocolate game. Me and Cierra where shoppers so we bought chocolate from the shops (the chocolate was just paper)I hope we play it again some time. Declan
ReplyDeleteHi class 6 yesterday we played the trading game and breaks and ladders. Breaks and ladders is just
ReplyDeletelike snakes and ladders but insted of the snakes there was bananas I kept on going down the bananas. We also played the trading game me and Declan was the shoppers we were the people who bought the chocolate there was also journalists they were making a news paper about fairtrade and big choc chocolate bars, farmers who made coco beans and fairtrade farmers who made fairtrade coco beans, chocolate factory who made the chocolate and fairtade chocolate factory who made fairtrade chocolate I enjoyed playing the trading game. Cierra
Hi class 6 I enjoyed doing all the fair trade activities yesterday. I really enjoyed playing the fair trade board game breaks and ladders in the morning I think it was a great way to start our day. I also really enjoyed the trading game in the afternoon I think it gave us an idea of what its like in real life and how as the seasons change so does the amount of beans and money. I was one of the Fair trade cocoa farmers along with Ryan and Scott. In season one we had to decide whether to sell our beans to the fair trade chocolate factory or the big chocolate factory. We chose to sell to the fair trade chocolate factory for 5P a bean. Even though we could make standard and fair trade beans the fair trade chocolate company would only by fair trade ones. In season 2 the big chocolate factory cut the amount of money they pay for each bean to 1p for a standard and 2p for a fair trade but thankfully we were with the fair trade chocolate factory. In season 3 our crop halved as the beans caught black bean disease so we said if we have half the crop we want double the money for each on and we got a deal. In season 4 their was much more demand for fair trade chocolate so the price went back to normal but we only had 5 minutes so we only manged to make 10 beans. I really enjoyed playing the fair trade trading game and hopefully we can do something like it again. Daisy
ReplyDeleteHello everyone I really enjoyed the Fair Trade chocolate game. I was in a group with Lauren and Robert and we worked in the big chocolate company. Our aim was to make as much profit as possible so we just bought standard cocoa beans because they were not as expensive as Fair Trade cocoa beans. We got our cocoa beans from various different independent cocoa farmers but we didn't buy Fair Trade beans. We went through 4 seasons witch changed our profit but in the 4th season every chocolate buyer was told only to buy Fair Trade chocolate so we made no money in season 4 but we learnt that buying Fair Trade produces was much better for cocoa farmers. I enjoyed our trading game and I also learnt from it. Erin.R
ReplyDeleteHi everyone I really enjoyed the fair trade chocolate trading game. The group I was in was the big chocolate company with Erin.R and Robert. Our aim was to buy as much cocoa beans for the cheapest price and to make as much profit as possible. We bought the cocoa beans from the independent cocoa farmers because these farmers where selling the cocoa beans cheaper than the fair trade farmers. we went through 4 different seasons each season changed our profit so we didn't make so much money in season 4 because everyone was buying fair trade chocolate so the fair trade farmers where getting more money than the independent so we learnt by buying fair trade chocolate that you can help the farmers get a fair amount of money they deserve. I learnt a lot from this and hope to do it again. Lauren
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed breaks and ladders our group was Erlend Scott and Aiden. Erlend won breaks and ladders. Then in the afternoon we played a game called the trading game. I was with Daisy and Scott and we were the fairtrade coco farmers. First we had to chooses witch company to sell to the big company or the fairtrade company. We choose the fairtrade company and once we chooses the company we got started. There was seasons and season 1 was ok everyone was fine. We would know if a season ended if the lights flashed. Then season 2 began and the independent farmers had to sell there beans for 1p or 2p. So the independent farmers did not get much money. Then season three came and season 3 was terrible for the farmers beacause the crops got ruined. But the fairtrade farmers had doubled there money. then the last season came and it was just the same as season 2.
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