In 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…
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Our 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…
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Congratulations 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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This week in St Malachy’s we celebrated ‘Walk to School Week 2022’. On Wednesday September 21st which was National WOW Day (Walk on Wednesday) , the boys made a conscious decision to walk to school. A huge thanks to the boys and their parents for all their efforts. Check out our photos below:
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A huge thanks to Paul and Ray from DKIT facilitated our fantastic Wind and Energy workshop on Friday last. This was a hands on workshop with active learning and problem solving skills put into practice. The main obbjective was to build and alter your work to create the most energy efficient wind turbine!
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Throughout May and June you may well seen our pupils in high-vis vests cleaning our school yards and surrounding areas. This is our Spring Clean, organised by the fantastic Green Schools Committee, led by the one and only Ms Ronan. Our Green Schools Committee put a huge amount of time into activities all throughout the…
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Please see iInformation on a free Cycle Skills & Safety Workshop for 8-12 yr olds. If interested please contact Karl from Cu Chulainn.
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Karl Dolan of the Bike Station visited the school to give all of our COW day cyclists to a bike safety talk and demonstrate some bike skills. The boys all learned how to fit their helmets correctly, adjust their brakes, inflate their bicycle tyres and had great fun demonstrating their bike skills during the slow…
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Our school Bike Week kicks off this coming Monday, May 16th. Make sure you check back to see photos of our activities throughout the week.
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Our Green Schools Committee are delighted to announce the recommencement of our Spring Clean for 2022!! Over the next number of weeks you will see our classes out picking up litter, clearing weeds and generally cleaning around the school yard, walkways and our Friary field. A huge thanks to our fantastic Green Schools Committee under…
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Congratulations to Ms Ronan’s 4th Class on winning the Golden Boot Award for November. This award is given to the class with the most pupils travelling to school in an environmentally friendly manner such as Walking, Cycling and Park ‘n’ Stride. Remember guys there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing!!
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Ms Ronan’s 4th class kicked off this years Golden Boot award by becoming the winning class for September. The boys were absolutely thrilled with themselves, and rightly so! Mr Wynne’s 5th class earned the Golden Boot for the month of October. Although 4th class were sad to see it leave we were all delighted to…
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Last week as part of National Bike Week boys from 2nd -6th classes made a fantastic effort to cycle their bikes to school. Well done to all. It was fantastic to see each and every one of them wearing a helmet too! There were great cycling prizes up for grabs, including helmets, lights and bells.…
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A huge thank you to Ms Ronan and our Green Schools Committee who have worked tirelessly all year. The Green Schools Awards were held online on November 11th this year where Ms Ronan and the Green Schools committee were delighted to be presented with the schools 4th flag for the ‘Travel’ theme. All pupils, families…
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Today we celebrated our first WOW (Walk on Wednesday / Walk Once a Week) since returning to school. A big Thank You to all the boys and their parents for all the efforts this week. The weather is to be good for the rest of the week so let’s hope we can keep up those…
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