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Green Schools
Green Schools
Congratulations and well done to all who made such great efforts in the walk/cycle to school weeks which we promoted during the yea. It was very encouraging to see all age groups take part and hopefully as a result many more will walk/cycle to school and to other places around the rock on a more regular basis.
2009 - 2010 School Years - THEME ENERGY
- Walk to School week in October - A prize (The Golden Boot) was awarded to the two classes who had the highest number of children who walked to school during the week. Winners: Mrs. dennedy's 4th. class and Mrs. O'Sullivan's 2nd. class
- In the first term a whole school "Energy Awareness Week"v was planned for February
- 6th. class children recorded E.S.B. meter readings. All lights were switched off at
break times and readings were compared
- Greenschools Committee members posted information signs on bins in classrooms
- In march a talk/slideshow, which was organised by Blackrock Tidy Towns Committee, was enjoyed by Senior Classes. There are 5 species of bat found in Blackrock.
- At the end of the second term 2nd.-4th. classes submitted entries for the competition about a School Motto on energy
- 5th. 7 6th. classes submitted entries on the logo competition about Energy
- At the end of March Greenschools Committee members and 4th. class planted onions and potatoes in the school garden
Our Green Schools Committee was set up in March 2006 and the first meeting was held on Mar. 24 2006. The aim is to achieve "Green Flag" status and we plan to make our application before the end of 2007. Some of our activities to date include:
- Carrying out surveys
- Organising an Environmental Review
- Setting up an action plan as a result of the review
- Designing and erecting posters on anti-litter.
- Highlighting our activities in the local press
- Keeping parents informed
- Setting up a litter rota
Other activities included:
- Organising a Green Schools Code competition
- Organising a Green Schools Logo competition
- Constructing and erecting bird-nesting boxes on the trees in the playground
- Inviting auntilitterbug and the litter warden to visit the school to talk to the children
- Organising a "Walk to School" week
- Participating in a "Spring Clean" of the beach
In the area of litter management and waste our work includes:
- Reducing the number of bins for the binmen
- Using recycling bins in all classes
- Encouraging a "Healthy Eating " policy
- Encouraging children and teachers to use lunch boxes
- Collecting empty ink cartridges for recycling
- Collecting old mobile phones for recycling
- Collecting used batteries for recycling
- Designing, planning and planting a school garden
- Planting flower pots at the front of the school
Lots of volunteers from the school turned up to join members from the community for the 2009 Spring Clean. The clean up was organised by Blackrock Tidy Towns Committee.
Some greenschools committee members get advice from LCC reps. at the reduce re-use Recycle week (19-23 Oct. 2009. The wormery was very interesting!
Congratulations to the two classes who won Walk to School Week (12-16 Oct. 2009) - Mrs. Farrell's first class and Mr. Mannion's fifth class.