What is Green-Schools?

For more information on the Green-Schools Initiative and its themes, click here.

St. Brigid's and the Green-Schools Programme

St. Brigid's GNS have been involved in the Green-Schools programme for over 20 years and the whole school community is dedicated to making our school and grounds a beautiful and environmentally-friendly place to be. Always willing to try out and sustain new initiatives. We have been awarded flags on the themes of;

1. Litter and Waste
   
2. Water
   
3. Energy
   
4. Transport
   
5. Biodiversity
   
6. Global Citizenship Litter and Waste
   
7. Global Citizenship & Energy
   
8. Global Citizenship & Marine Environment. 

Recycled outfits for teddies and Safe Travel poster competition

WEEE recycling

Dale Treadwell visiting our school on one of our Action Days

Did you Know?

• We encourage people to recycle by collecting batteries.
• In St. Brigid's, we use sensor lights so a light can never be left on wasting energy!
• We re-use, recycle or dispose of our electrical equipment ethically by arranging WEEE collections!
• We have an organic garden full of delicious fruit and vegetables!
• Our beautiful school grounds are home to frogs, foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, a badger and a host of birds!
• We have a camera on our nesting box so we can watch all the progress inside! (In the past two years, we accommodated a family of blue tits then coal tits.)
• We use recycled paper when photocopying!
• We use fair-trade products in our staffroom!
• We recycle ink-cartridges, batteries, paper, cartons and we compost!
• We are proud of all the native trees we have growing on our grounds!​
• In St. Brigid's, we have 20 different nationalities in our school population and we enjoy learning all about the different cultures of our pupils and classmates!
• Our Parents Association organise termly clothing and textile collections as fundraisers for our school!
• We walk, cycle, skate or scoot to school whenever possible!

Our Green School's Committee 2021-2022

. Who are the members of the Green Schools Committee?

• 1st Class – TBC
• 2nd Class – Hazel O'Neill Scott and Emma
• 3rd Class – Aoife Fowler and Elianna Purdy
• 4th Class – Ruby Coleman and Jessica Burke
• 5th Class – Chloe Dunne and Maya Jensen
• 6th Class – Faye Burns and Serene Reji Koottungal

Our Green Schools Committee meet in our wonderful school garden for our outdoor meetings. We share our ideas and come up with ways to promote and acknowledge long-term, whole school action for the environment. This year, we are hoping to renew our Travel Flag which aims to increase the number of St. Brigid's students walking, cycling, scooting , using public transport or carpooling to school! In order to get our school year off to a good start, our Green Schools Committee organised 'Walk on Wednesday' on the 21st of September. It was great to see so many pupils walk or scoot to school!


For some Green memories, why not check out our Green-schools Blog by clicking on this link. 

  Walk on Wednesday
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​Our Green School's Committee kicked off the new year with 'Walk on Wednesday' on the 21st of September. This saw great support from both students and parent alike. Everyone who walked, cycled, scooted or carpooled to school received a sticker, even the grow-ups! Due to the great success of our 'WOW' day, we hope to hold a special WOW day every month to encourage everyone to help reduce our emissions and the traffic outside our school 😊