Well done to all the children who made beautiful Christmas Tree decorations out of recycled materials. The standard was very high and the judges faced a difficult task in selecting the two entries to represent us all at the Wicklow Co. Council final. Our winning decorations this year were made by Amelia (2nd) and Evan … Read more
Well done to the children in 3rd Class who win the Golden Boot for the Autumn term. An amazing 90% of them have participated in our Walk on Wednesday programme over the last nine weeks. 75% of all the children in the school used ‘green’ modes of travel this term: 9% walked to school; 48% … Read more
Well done to all the children who made beautiful Christmas Tree decorations out of recycled materials. The standard was very high and the judges faced a difficult task in selecting the two entries to represent us all at the Wicklow Co. Council final. Our winning decorations this year were made by Ella and Olivia in … Read more
On Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November, Emlyn Cullen from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland ran workshops for all classes from Senior Infants to 5th Class on energy conservation. Younger children were introduced to Guzzler (the puppet) who loves to waste energy. Through a series of games and activities they learned about where our energy … Read more
On Tuesday, 30th June in glorious sunshine and to great applause from the children and their parents, Marie Farren raised our Green Flag for Biodiversity for us. This is our sixth Green Flag and it reflects our support for and commitment to environmental awareness and care. We would like to thank everyone who offered assistance … Read more
On 21 May, Mia Conlon and Tommy O’ Connor travelled to The Helix in DCU to accept our 6th Green Flag Award on behalf of the whole school community at An Taisce’s National Green Flag Award Ceremony. The school was one of only twelve on the day which received Green Flags for Biodiversity. When the … Read more
The school will be assessed for Green Flag status on Wednesday, 25th March 2015. All of the children are writing individual Green Codes on Biodiversity from which the new school code will be selected.
In 2003, St. Mary’s and St. Gerard’s N.S. joined the Green Schools’ Programme. Green Schools, which is managed by An Taisce and operates in partnership with Local Authorities, is an international, holistic programme designed to encourage whole-school action for the environment. The Green Flag is awarded only to schools that complete all of the seven … Read more