Green Flag

                                                Green  Flag 

Hello,we are from the Green flag commitee and today we are telling you's what we do for our school and enviroment .

First of all the junior infants have drawn out pictures of birds that visit our school .

Mr.Mc Crinks class {1st and 2nd} planted pea's'underneath the benches between the willows .

Third and fourth classes have made a bug hotel called Boher bugs B&B .We made it to attract bugs to the school to help polonate our flowes.They also painted Disney and cartoon characters onto tyres and planed flowers in them .

Fifth amd sixth classes have drawn and painted on the raised flower beds designed by Nadine Carolan and 

 

 

Presentation of Green FlagGreen Flag at Croke Park

The Gist of the Green Flag Green-schools is an international environmental education programme and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole-school action for the environment.The aim of green- schools is to increase students' and participants awareness of environmental issues through classroom studies and to transfer this knowledge into positive environmental action in the school and also in the wider community. Schools that have successfully completed all the elements of the programme are awarded the 'Green-Flag'.This award has now become a well-recognised Eco-Label.The award has to be renewed every two years.  Green Flag Committee 2015:  The Current Green flag committee consists of children from Snr Infants- 6th class.  The older children have the responsibility of taking a lead role in various aspects of Eco- school; recycling, energy conservation, Walk to school, school garden and raising awareness of how each child and their parents can make a difference.

Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition 

The Green Flag committee have been hard at work again promoting the " Be Water Smart " poster competition. They received entries from every class starting with Mrs.Murphy's junior infants up to and including Mrs. Duffy's 6th class. A winner from each class was chosen and their posters are on display on the Green-Flag committee's noticeboard. To see some of the winning entries visit our online gallery.

 

Recycling Tyres

As part of our Action Plan for a Green School we are encouraged to recycle. We use old tyres as planters for our tulips and daffodils. The children of 3rd and 4th class were delighted to be assigned the task of decorating the tyres. They embraced the challenge and were quite ambitious with their ideas. Our old, worn tyres have been revived! The children created wonderdul designs to decorate the tyres including a shark, a panda, some chickens and a sheep.  

 

Log Pile

The Green Flag committee have created a 'Log Pile'. A log pile is simply a collection of logs, which have been brought in from home by the students. The aim of our 'Log Pile' is to create an area that is a suitable habitiat for minibeasts. Our overall aim is to increase the richness and the number of species found within our school boundaries.

 

Planting Vegetables

The Green flag committee is hard at work in the Eco Garden. Several plants have already been planted thanks to them. The appearance of the school is really improving. We are proud of our work. Sean Thornton has helped by bringing in cabbage for us. This is very helpful. Radishes are also being planted inside. And lastly the bulbs for spring have been planted as well. 

Conor Fitzgerald 3rd Class

 

Here at Scoil Naomh Mhuire we are working together to grow a garden. Thanks to Sean Thornton, a third class student, we have some lovely winter cabbage plants. With the help of the students of our school we have a colourful selection of wellies which we are going to plant herbs in. So far inside these wellies we have planted radishes, rocket, salad leaves and spicy salad leaves. As for flowers we have a nice selection of daffodils and tulips. Everyone is having a great time.

Medbh Mac Clancy 3rd Class

 

3rd class and 4th class have been working long and hard on the garden. We have planted many different things like tulips, daffodils and winter cabbages. We have got lovely coloured wellies and filled them full with shells and compost. Then we got many different seeds which we planted and then we got our photograph taken while the others were planting tulips. Then we all got into groups of three and planted some daffodils together. Now everyday the 4th class tidy up the front by brushing up the leaves and tidying the front of the school. We also planted some herbs and colourful radishes. That is what we are trying to do to make our garden look tidy and neat.

Orlaith Daly 4th Class

 

We have been planting daffodils in the main flower bed at the front of the school. We also used wellies to plant herbs such as salad leaves and shells were used to fill the bottom of the wellies. We have planted cabbage in the big flower bed in the play area with two litre bottles around them to protect them. We planted tulips in tyres and are designing a water butt minion to use as a compost bin. Also to make the place tidy we swept the leaves into a big pile. Thanks to Sean Thornton in 3rd class and Thomas Mc Carragher 4th class we have plenty of seeds, even pummkin seeds!

Eoghan Hughes 4th Class

 

 

 

Tree Tribes Programme

The children of the Green Shool Committee have formed an Eco Warrior group. In collaboration with the Greenore Tidy Towns Committee, plans are in place to plant trees in Greenore Village. Events will be taking place in March 2015 to celebrate tree week.  The children will be involved in planting and caring for trees and plants in a chooen location in Greenore and also on the school grounds.

 

 

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