Green Schools

Green Schools News!!

SAVE A WATT, SAVE A LOT!!
We are working towards our 7th Flag!! Our theme is global citizenship-Energy. We are focusing on
Climate Change.
Our green schools members and the whole school have been working hard to ensure we are more
energy conscious! We hope that we will get our 7th flag soon!
Children are working hard at home also to save energy! We really want to reduce our carbon footprint,
Ireland needs to reduce energy, renewable and greenhouse gases by 20% by the year 2020.

Well done to all who entered our poster competition!
We had some fantastic entries, the top 3 were
1st Place: Alanna Geary 3 rd Class
2nd Place: Emer Hurley
3rd Place: Julia Healy

Green Schools 2018/2019:

Green Schools Committee. The theme we are currently working on is Global Citizenship - Energy.

Green Schools 2017/2018:

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Ms Cronin and the Green Schools Committee who guided the school to receiving our 6th Green Flag. They put in a huge effort for the last two years and we are delighted that all their hard work paid off!! On Thursday May 11th Ms. Cronin and 3 representatives from the Green Schools Committee Emma, Sarah and Ella travelled to the Radison Hotel in Little Island for the presentation of the flag. Well done everyone.

3rd Class did a "Leave no Trace" workshop with Graham. They learned lots about the environment and how best to look after it. 

3rd Class have the highest amount of "Waste Free Lunches" for the 2nd week in a row!

We are going for our sixth flag. Citizenship-Litter and Waste.     

 Global Citizenship – Litter and Waste is the sixth theme. This maintenance theme enables schools to discover how Green-Schools work has positively influenced people and environments worldwide while revising the previous Litter and Waste theme. We have lots of citizens from around the globe which we are very proud of.

    

Green Schools Competition

Well done to Alana Geary (1st class) Paige Hurley (3rd class) and Ella Murray (6th class) who were the winners in the Green Schools competition. The winning slogan "Don't Litter, Let the World Glitter" came from first class pupil Alana. All the entries are displayed around the school. Well done to everyone who entered.

Dog Fouling Survey around the village:

Green Schools:

Green-Schools is Ireland's leading environmental management and award programme, working with primary and secondary schools across the country. It is monitored by An Taisce and lots of other authorities are involved such as Irish water and the department of tourism.

We are working towards our 6th flag. We have worked hard to achieve the previous 5 over the last 10 years. We constantly work on these themes in order to achieve our 6th flag-Global Citizenship Litter and Waste. The themes are:

1. Litter and Waste

Litter & Waste is the first theme. It focuses on litter and waste issues, encouraging a sense of responsibility

2.Energy

Energy looks at the steps which can be taken at school to reduce energy consumption and raise awareness of climate change

 3.Water

This theme develops awareness around water conservation and how to effectively manage this important resource in schools

4.Travel

This theme aims to increase the number of students walking, cycling, scooting, using public transport or carpooling to school

5.Biodiversity

Biodiversity looks at increasing awareness in schools of the importance of native plants, animals and habitats

6.Global Citizenship – Litter & Waste

This theme enables schools to discover how work on Green-Schools has positively influenced our global community. We are currently doing our best to achieve this flag!!

Our Green Schools Notice-board: