Fair Trade & Ethics
Your child knows the things we buy are made by real people, often far away. Fair trade means those workers are paid fairly for their work.
In curriculum terms
Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers
Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace. How to help at home →
How to tell they’ve got it
Tick these off as you see them — no test required.
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Try this together
If your child saw a Fairtrade logo on a chocolate bar, could they explain what it means and why it matters?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).