What is Green-Schools?

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St. Brigid's and the Green-Schools Programme

St. Brigid's GNS has been involved in the Green-Schools programme for approximately 17 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 Litter and Waste, Water, Energy, Transport, Biodiversity and Global Citizenship Litter and Waste to date. On 2nd March, we were informed that we would be awarded our 7th Green Flag for our latest theme- Global Citizenship Energy, having submitted a successful application a few weeks ago. Have a look at what we did for this theme by clicking on the Green-Schools Blog button.

Did you Know?

  • We have many collections for many charities; you can bring in batteries, phones, bus tickets, ink cartridges, electrical appliances and stamps.
  • 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, 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!
  • 5th class perform weekly tidy classroom checks to keep everyone on their toes! We are proud of our achievements so far but we know we have to keep up the great effort!
  • In St. Brigid's, we have 20 different nationalities in our school population and we are 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 Committee 2016-2017
The Green Schools Committee is made up of two members from each 3rd to 6th class, representatives from the wider community, our caretaker, teachers and principal. The committee meets once a month at lunchtime with additional meetings for special events. 
Members 2016-2017
Staff:
Ms. Burke, Ms. Keogh, Ms. Conneely, Ms. Ryan, Ms. Hassett, Mr. Manning, Dave our super caretaker and Terry our very own gardener. Our Parent and DCC Representative is Ms. Marguerite Delaney 
Children:
Mia, Ellen, Emily and Shaunagh (6th class)
Sarah, Holly, Catriona, Jennifer and Ellen(5th class)
Millie, Maggie, Ruth, Rudith and Rachael  (4th Class)
Meisha, Lucette, Harriet and Alice (3rd class)


For some Green memories, why not check out our Green-schools Blog by pressing the button at the top of the page!