Anne Malone On Friday 8 October, St Mary’s and St. Gerard’s NS was awarded its 8th Green Flag for Global Citizenship Marine Environment at a virtual Green Flag Award Ceremony hosted by An Taisce. On Friday last, 26th November, we gathered in a socially distanced manner as a school to raise our latest green flag and to celebrate … Read more
Congratulations to the children in 3rd Class who win the Golden Boot this term. An amazing 79% of them used green modes of travel on their journey to school this term! Overall, 61% of the children took part in Walk on Wednesday this term – 11% walked to school; 48% parked and strode; 2% carpooled … Read more
Well done to the children Senior Infants who win the Golden Boot this term. An amazing 99% of them used green modes of travel on their journey to school this term! Overall in the school, 74% of the children took part in Walk on Wednesday this term – 11% walked to school; 60% parked and … Read more
St. Mary’s and St. Gerard’s NS is delighted to announce that its application for a Green Flag for Global Citizenship Marine Environment has been approved. Well done to everyone! “I am delighted to inform you that your application for your Green Flag has been successful. Your assessor and the team at Green-Schools were very impressed … Read more
On Thursday, 22 April the children in 1st Class learned about Earth Day and brought home some environmentally friendly messages.
Green Schools announced the winners of its first ever National Marine Creative Writing Competition today. Judges were blown away by the talent and creativity displayed by all the children. Entries were judged on the basis of plot, originality, spelling, punctuation and content. St. Mary’s and St. Gerard’s was proud to learn that three of our … Read more
This year, Green-Schools was delighted to announce its first ever National Marine Creative Writing Competition. The competition offered an opportunity for primary school students working towards (or previously awarded) their flag for Global Citizenship: Marine Environment, to explore the ocean through a short story or poem. Well done to Caragh (1st), Caoimhe (2nd), Sienna (2nd), … Read more
Well done to Tom (3rd) whose Green Code has been adopted as the school’s Green Code for the Global Citizenship Marine Environment theme. “Clean the sea, do your bit. Don’t leave rubbish, take care of it!” (Tom Crowley, 3rd Class 2021) Green Code Global Citizenship Marine Environment Green Code Global Citizenship Marine Environment
The school has a long and proud history of involvement with the Green Schools’ Programme. Over the last 18 years, it has been awarded Green Flags for Litter & Waste; Energy; Water; Travel; Green Home; Biodiversity; Global Citizenship Litter & Waste; and Global Citizenship Energy. The children have spent the last two years working on … Read more
Well done to everyone who took part in a #2MinuteBeachClean, #2MinuteRiverClean or #2MinuteStreetClean over the last few weeks. You have made a huge difference to the wildlife in that area and you have made the area more attractive for us all. Lilliya and Erin in 3rd Class completed a massive 45 minute clean up of … Read more