The Green Schools Committee has fourteen dedicated members who are currently serving their second year on the committee. They are not only trying to regain our previous flags but also working towards a new Green flag for Scoil an Linbh Íosa. It has been a few years since we last earned a Green flag.
The Green Schools Committee are Alex Stynes, Ruby Cullen, Sophie Cronin, Alex Shields, Síne Lee, Rhys Connolly, Grainne Boland, Bríona Colton, Sophie Lewis, Abbi Coulahan, Aoife Bartley, Lauryn Reilly, Max Spelman and Nia Jenkins.
Working alongside the Green Schools Committee are all the hard working children in Ms. Lowe’s class who empty the recycling bins for the whole school every Wednesday.
The children work in pairs and collect recycling bins from two classes. They bring the bins outside where they empty them into the larger school bins. Two members of the committee monitor the class bins and award a mini green flag to the best class bin for that week. Sometimes the children have to remind classes that plastic wrappers especially popcorn wrappers do not go in the recycling bin. Gerry, our caretaker empties the compost bin from each class everyday.
The theme the committee are working on is Global Citizenship, Litter and Waste. As part of this theme the committee are
The Green Schools Committee have many other ideas that they hope they can realise. They would love to help Gerry with the new garden as they have great memories of being in the old garden when they were younger. The committee were shown how to make eco-bricks and would love to create a structure with them, involving the whole school community. The committee are also currently considering how to celebrate the many different nationalities in our school.
- Showing classes how to recycle properly at school and at home
- Attending meetings when they are scheduled
- Raising awareness of the litter in and around the school
- Organising a roster for classes to litter pick
- Labelling the bins properly
- Monitoring the bins and awarding the best class each week
- Working on the Green Schools noticeboard
- Communicating with the school through the noticeboard, visiting classes and the newsletter
- Raising global awareness by finding out nationalities of children in our school
- Create a Green Code
The Green Schools Committee have many other ideas that they hope they can realise. They would love to help Gerry with the new garden as they have great memories of being in the old garden when they were younger. The committee were shown how to make eco-bricks and would love to create a structure with them, involving the whole school community. The committee are also currently considering how to celebrate the many different nationalities in our school.
Following a whole school competition, the Green Schools Committee combined a few entries and created an amazing Green Code. Well done to everyone!
Green Code
There is no planet B
so keep it clean
Cycle, carpool or walk to school
instead of burning fossil fuel
Don’t throw litter in the ocean
or you will cause a huge commotion
It is our duty to protect nature’s beauty
SO SLAM DUNK THE JUNK !
Green Code
There is no planet B
so keep it clean
Cycle, carpool or walk to school
instead of burning fossil fuel
Don’t throw litter in the ocean
or you will cause a huge commotion
It is our duty to protect nature’s beauty
SO SLAM DUNK THE JUNK !
