St Brigid's NS - Ticknevin

GREEN SCHOOLS - OUR PROGRESS

UPDATE OCTOBER 2023

Our new Green-Schools Committee is now in place. They will be working together to make our school cleaner, greener and more environmentally friendly. This year we are working towards our Green-Schools Flag in Global Citizenship: Litter and Waste.

Our GreenSchools Committee consists of Ben (Junior Infants), Ryan (Senior Infants), Tom (1st class), Cassie (2nd class), Tommy (3rd class), Billy (4th class), Cara (4th class), Isabella (5th class), Orla (5th class), Charlie (6th class) and Niamh (6th class).

UPDATE JUNE 2023

We received the fantastic news that our school was successful in the Green-Schools application for the Biodiversity Flag. This is our 6th Greens-School Flag and a great achievement for our school.

Members of the Green-Schools Committee and Ms. McCabe attended the National Green Flag Awards Ceremony in Gormanstown. They were presented with the Biodiversity Flag.

This is a marvellous achievement for our school. Well done to the GreenSchools Committee for their work and enthusiasm and also a huge thank you to Ms. McCabe who co-ordinated the Green-School process.

Children collecting the green schools flag

Green-Schools News
Congratulations to the winner of the bug hotel naming competition last term. We look forward to ‘The Tick Nev Inn’ being a permanent residence for all our local mini beasts in the future, which contributes to biodiversity. Well done to the winner of the Biodiversity slogan competition and the poster competition.

“We Share a Planet, We Have a Home, Biodiversity is Beautiful so Let it Roam”

Bike Week 2023-National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesdays)
The Green-School Committee continues to promote sustainable ways to travel to school.

National COW Day is an initiative that encourages pupils to cycle to school at least once a week and hopefully they will gain the confidence to cycle on a regular basis.

In support of this initiative we are encouraging everyone to cycle to school on National COW Day on Wednesday, 17th May.