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Recent Events
Big Travel Challenge 2024
The Green Schools’ committee received some wonderful news today from Green Schools’ Ireland: “Congratulations! We are thrilled to inform you that your school has been chosen as‘Wicklow County Winner’ for this year’s Big Travel Challenge! We want to thank you for your enthusiastic participation and outstanding efforts in the competition!” Well done, everyone!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Fantastic Swimming at the Irish Minor Schools Championships
On the first weekend of the Easter Holidays, five girls journeyed out to the NAC to represent St. Mary’s & St. Gerard’s N.S. at the Irish Minor Schools Championships. Once again they did themselves and our school proud. They swam PBs (Personal Bests) across the board. Alannah Healy qualified for the final in 50m Freestyle … Read more
Golden Boot Award
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
Catholic Schools’ Week
Many thanks to Mrs. Kearney’s 5th Class children who hosted an assembly today to mark Catholic Schools’ Week.
Golden Boot Award
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
Our winning decorations
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
Recyclable Christmas Tree Decorations Competition
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.
Global Citizenship Food and Biodiversity Awareness Survey
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: