A big congratulations to Mr O’Connell’s 4th/5th Class who topped the poll as the class who travelled to school using the most sustainable methods of transport this week. Even though the weather has taken a considerable change and it turned out to be a damp week overall, Mr O’Connell’s class have walked, cycled, car-pooled and…
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Congratulations to Ms Hennessy’s 2nd Class who topped the poll as the class who travelled to school in the most ‘Green’ way. Even though the weather has taken a considerable change and the frost has set out on occassion Ms Hennessy’s class have walked, cycled, car-pooled and Parked ‘n’ Strided. Well done guys. Who will…
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Mr O’Connell’s class took part in a traffic survey this week as part of our continous Green Flag work. It was a fantastic opportunity for the boys to put their work on data into real-life practice and a chance to understand the vast amount of traffic that flows around our school everyday. Another of this…
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Many thanks to Sorcha, our An Taisce Travel Officer who came to visit us this week for our ‘Cycle Safety Workshop’. The workshop consisted of the boys working on all the safety elements of cycling such as signalling, cycling in single file and in groups, checking helmets, understanding the primary and secondary positions on a…
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A big Congratulations to Roonald, winner of Louth’s County Council Bike Week PosterCompetition. Roonald was presented with his fantastic prize including colouring pencils, bike accessories, a €50 Smyths voucher and a winners certificate by Adrian Sullivan, Road Safety Officer. Well done Roonald, keep up the great work.
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A huge congratulations to Mr Farrell’s 3rd Class who were the winners of the Golden Boot upon it’s return this week. Despite the change in weather throughout the week, Mr Farrell’s class braved the elements to change their travel arrangements to school and the results show for themselves. Well done boys. Who will be next week’s…
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We are delighted to announce the Green School’s ‘Golden Boot’ award will return this coming week. The Golden Boot is an award given to the class that have chosen the most sustainable methods of travelling to school overall. We will be reintroducing our WOW (Walk on Wednesday) and COW (Cycle on Wednesday) days. We would…
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Today marked the launch of St Malachy’s BNS ‘Cycle On Wednesday‘ or ‘Cycle Once a Week‘. In launching COW we had hoped to fill the bike shelter and as you can see from our photo we have been successful in achieving this goal. Thank you to the boys who cycled, they have been rewarded with…
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On Friday last, Saoirse from Green Schools paid a visit to St Malachy’s BNS to teach us one of the most important lessons to know when cycling. In conjunction with the launch of our ‘Cycle On Wednesday or Cycle Once a Week’ programme, we learned how to repair a punctured bicycle tyre. This was a…
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This month St Malachy’s BNS will be launching our Cycle On Wednesday or Cycle Once a Week initiative. This initiative will be in place to incentivise more of our boys to Cycle to School and the official launch will take place from June 17th – 21st. Thanks to Ms Ronan and the hard working Green…
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A huge thanks to all the boys who made such a notable effort to walk to school as we launched ‘Walk On Wednesday’ or Walk Once A Week’. The effect the initiative, expertly organised by Ms Ronan and in conjunction with our Green Flag Committee, was very obvious and we really couldn’t have asked for…
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This Wednesday, May 15th is a big day in the St Malachy’s BNS as we launch our ‘Walk On Wednesday‘ travel action. This action is to mark National Walk to School Week which runs from today, May 13th to 17th. The idea behind our WOW days are that our pupils walk to school if they live…
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A huge thank you to Benny, a marine biologist who came into speak to our boys about sharks. He brought some very interesting ‘live’ parts and fossils. The boys enjoyed it very much.
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A huge Congratulations to Ms Ronan’s third class who have won the Golden Boot for the last two weeks. Despite the weather, they have wrapped up and braved the elements to change their travel arrangements to school and the results show for themselves. Well done guys. Who will be next week’s winner? Make sure to stay tuned…
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A huge Congratulations to Ms Ronan’s third class who have won the Golden Boot last week. Despite the cold and wet weather, they have wrapped up and braved the elements to change their travel arrangements to school and the results show for themselves. Well done guys. Who will be next week’s winner? Make sure to stay tuned…
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