Well done to the children in 5th Class who win the Golden Boot this term. An amazing 80% of them walked, parked & strode, carpooled or cycled on their journeys to school since Christmas! Overall, 63% of children in the school chose green modes of travel this term – 14% walked; 39% parked & strode; … Read more
Our Junior Infants win the Golden Boot again this term, with 70.4% of them participating in Walk on Wednesday. Well done, Junior Infants! Overall, 60% of the children in the school chose green modes of travel this term – 15% walked; 36% parked and strode; 8% carpooled or used public transport; and less than 1% … Read more
Well done to the two children whose decorations were chosen to represent the school at Wicklow Co. Council’s Recyclable Christmas Tree Decorations Competition. Sincere thanks to all the children who participated in the competition and produced amazing decorations and to our judges, Mrs Mc Connell, Ms Dalton, Mrs O Toole Byrne and Mrs Morgan who … Read more
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! The children have been busy making Christmas Tree decorations out of recycled materials. Two winning entries will be chosen to represent the school at the Wicklow Co. Council final. Have a look at some of this year’s beautiful decorations.
As we start work on the 10th theme of the Green Schools’ Programme, the Green Schools’ Committee recently conducted an awareness survey in all classes of food and biodiversity. These were our results:
October saw us investigating the theme Space. We created rockets in Science/Art, painted the solar system, researched different planets, created our own imaginary planets and persuaded each other that our imaginary planet was the best one to visit. We also presented an assembly about space to the whole school and taught them the mnemonic My … Read more
Well done to the Junior Infant children who win the Golden Boot this term. An amazing 80% of them used green modes of travel on their journey to school this term! Overall, 65% of the children took part in Walk on Wednesday since September – 15% walked to school; 41% parked and strode; 8% carpooled … Read more
Amazing news! On 4 October, National Walk to School Day, 130 (63%) of our children joined children from all over Ireland in lacing up their runners, grabbing their backpacks and taking steps toward a healthier, happier and more eco-friendly world. Another 11 (5%) carpooled or used public transport while 6 (3%) cycled or scooted to … Read more
Tom Galvin Bray People Thu 22 Jun 2023 at 11:46 The pupils and staff at St Mary’s and St Gerard’s National School, in Enniskerry, were rewarded for all their hard work in encouraging more active modes of transport to and from school, with the award of its ninth Green Flag by Higher Education and Science … Read more