Congratulations to Mr Conlon’s 5th Class who picked up the Golden Boot in it’s first week. 41% of the class walked, cycled or car pooled over the last five days. We would engage all parents and children to consider their journey to school and make the most environmentally friendly choice where possible. Who will be…
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The Green Schools Committee has introduced The Golden Boot Award as part of their work on this year’s Travel theme. The Golden Boot will be awarded to the class who had the most children walking/cycling/carpooling or parking n’ striding every day that week. Stay tuned every Friday for the winners. Good Luck everyone!!
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Work has begun on our 4th Green Flag on the theme of Travel. The committee has been chosen, the first survey carried out and we have met with our Travel Officer who will be visiting the school in November to carry out some workshops with the children. As part of St Malachy’s Green Schools Programme,…
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Yesterday we gathered together for a very special event, the raising of our most recent Green Flag. A huge congratulations must go to Ms Ronan and the Green Schools Committee who have worked tirelessly throughout the year to achieve their goals. Also, a huge thanks to Mr Wynne and his 4th class who worked hard…
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Cormac (6th Class) and Déaghlan (4thClass) were the lucky pair to be chosen to represent our school at this year’s Green Schools Awards in the City North Hotel. The boys were accompanied by Ms Ronan and Mr Stanley. Upon our arrival we met the Green Schools team, took photos, tied ribbons to the Climate Tree and…
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The Green Schools Committee have a few important events coming up in the next few weeks. Firstly Ms Ronan and Mr Stanley will proudly receive our third Green Flag at an Award Ceremony in Dublin tomorrow, May 17th. Thursday May 24th will mark ‘Low Energy Action Day’. On this day we ask all staff and pupils to…
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Congratulations to Green Flag Colouring Comp Winners. Hope you enjoyed the eggs and sweets!
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The Green Flag Committee were delighted to hear that they have successfully earned the schools third Green Flag. Members of the committee have been invited to attend the award ceremony on May 17th. Well done to all!
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The Green Schools Committee had their renewal visit on the 6th March. The boys represented themselves and the school really well. They showed off all the information they have learned during the programme and took our visitors on a tour of the school. They were commended for their behaviour and manners during the visit. Well…
Read More6th class have been taking water meter readings every day for a week and comparing these with the readings from last year (Year One of our Water flag). We were thrilled to discover that we were using over 4000 litres less than last year. This is thanks to the combined effort of pupils and staff.…
Read MoreStephen O Connor from Louth County Council visited the school to talk to the Green Schools committee and 3rd & 4th class about littering and the importance of reporting anyone we see littering in our communities. He highlighted the ongoing problems in the town and talked to the boys about the Tidy Towns initiative.
Read MoreOur Low Energy Day took place on June 14th. Once again we made great savings!
Read MoreIn May 2017 4th class took part in a ‘Water Workshop’ where they carried out practical investigations highlighting the importance of clean water.
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As we are currently working towards our 3rd Green Flag (Water) we organised a ‘Walk for Water’ on World Water Day (22nd March 2017) to help raise awareness and highlight the huge number of people in the world who still don’t have access to clean water in 2017. Today, there are over 663 million people…
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Gráinne Roche from Dundalk Sewage Treatment Plant talked to 5th class boys & the Green Flag committee about the processes involved in treating our waste water. The boys were shown photos of the untreated water. Gráinne had samples of the treated/clean water for the boys to see. It was a very informative visit.
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