A huge thanks to Louth County Council for the donation of our new compost bin. This will help our school continue to reduce food waste and foster a more sustainable environment in our school community.
Read MoreToday our Green Flag committee took to finish the process of the Pocket Forest that they had started a few months back at the Fairy Pumping Station. In doing so the boys planted trees throughout the prepped area ranging from small shrubs to taller trees in order to replicate what would be present in a…
Read MoreOur Big Travel Challenge will return from Monday March 4th and lasts for 10 days school days, finishing on March 15th. The challenge is to Walk to School as much as possible during this time. Our classes will be recording the progress on their Golden Boot sheet and improvements as well as overall winners will…
Read MoreThis year our Green Schools Committee ran the annual Chrsitmas Tree Decoration Competition. The criteria for this year was that the decoration must be made from recycled materials (nothing bought!) and it must hang. As you can see from our beautiful decoration tree, there were over 40 entries this year and such a high standard…
Read MoreThis week our Green School Committee took a trip to the Fairy Pumping Station, just around the corner from our school to prepare for the planting of a pocket forest. In preparing the ground, the committee gathered leaves from the path and wetted these with a tea-bag solution to create a liquid fertiliser. The green…
Read MoreCongratulations to Ms Ronan’s 4th Class who clinched this months Golen Boot Award. This is an award given to the clas who has accumultaed the most pupils who travel to school using sustainable methods such as walk, cycle or park ‘n’ stride. This months award was a very prestigious one as it coincided with our…
Read MoreWell done to all out art competition entrants for Bike Week 2023, the judges had an extremely hard job picking a winner from each class. Here are the winners, pictured with their goodie bag prizes. Well done to one and all on a brilliant Bike Week 2023
Read MoreOur yard was a hive of activity this morning as the 3 groups of boys from 2nd – 6th Class who cycled to school with a helmet took part in our Bike skills Workshop for Bike Week 2023. A huge thanks to our organising partner, Barry Casey from Louth Sports Partnership and Karl Doran from…
Read MoreToday is the commencement of Bike Week 2023 as it runs from May 15th – May 19th. During the week, we will have a n umber of activities related to biking including our COW (Cycle on Wednesday) initiative on May 17th. We ask that if any pupil cycles in on Wednesday, that they leave tehir…
Read MoreOur annual ‘An Taisce’ spring clean kicked off this week with Ms Ronan’s class putting on the high viz bibs and gloves. The class took to the yard and surrounding area to clean up and recycle the litter they found. A tremendous effort by all. Thanks to Ms Ronan, every class will get a chance…
Read MoreThanks to the work of our Green Schools Committee guided by Ms Ronan and Ms McNally, our An Taisce ‘Spring Clean’ preparations are well underway. You may see boys from various class groups litter picking in our yards, driveway, car park and walkways in the coming weeks. This is organised to ensure everyone plays their part…
Read MoreCongratulations to Ms Bond’s 3rd/4th class who scooped the Golden Boot for March. The class placed a huge emphasis and effort into taking environmentally friendly means of travelling to school. Stay tuned to see who wins next months award.
Read MoreIn keeping with our Green Flag we will run our annual recycling competition again this year. As previous years have proved successful with a thematic approach, this year we will invite boys to make a Santa!! Santa’s can be any size but remind boys that one which would hang from the Christmas tree would be…
Read MoreOur new committee was selected in October. It is made up of 12 pupils from 2nd-6th class. The boys are very eager to resume the Green Schools process post COVID. The committee have already held their first meeting and are focusing on litter & recycling. They carry out weekly litter checks in the yard and…
Read MoreCongratulations to our new Green Flag Committee members for 2022-23. Each class has at least one representative who will be working across many facets of the Green Schools. This week the Green Flag committee had their first meeting where they received their badges. The committee members will be working across green codes for litter, energy,…
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