St. Patrick’s S.N.S. has been involved in the Green-Schools programme since 2003. Green-Schools is the Irish branch of an international environmental education programme and award scheme known as Eco-Schools. It is designed to raise students’ awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues.
In order to earn a Green flag, a school must form a Green-schools committee and work on a particular theme for two years. Our committee is made up of student representatives from each class, two teachers and our caretaker. The committee must complete seven steps, submit an application and receive an assessment visit before a flag is awarded. So far, our school has been awarded with five green flags: Litter and waste; energy; water; travel and biodiversity. We are currently working towards a maintenance flag: Global Citizenship – Litter and Waste. More information can be found on the Green-Schools Ireland website
Check this page for regular updates on our Green-schools programme.
23rd - 27th May was Green-schools Biodiversity week. Our school decided to focus on pollinators for the week. All classes learned about the importance of pollinators for healthy ecosystems. We…
Last week was National Bike Week and our Green-schools committee made a special effort to encourage all our pupils to cycle to school where possible. Wednesday was National COW day…
5th class pupils have been working hard in the school garden. Please see photos below. A huge thank you the parent volunteers who have come in to help and to…
Our Green-schools committee are working to reduce the amount of litter and waste produced by the school. The pupils in fifth class have learned all about reducing waste…