What is Green-Schools?

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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 2022-2023

. Who are the members of the Green Schools Committee?

• 1st Class – Cara and Eve
• 2nd Class – Ella and Alice
• 3rd Class – Grace and Penny
• 4th Class – Elise and Eva 
• 5th Class – Millie and Halle
• 6th Class – Bella and Angelina 

We are delighted to welcome the new members of our Green Schools Committee this month.  This year, we continue to work on 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! Our new committee also have some fabulous ideas on how to help us reach our goal of renewing our Travel Flag.


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

Bike Week 🚲

Our fabulous girls celebrating Bike Week with a 'Bike Parade' and Bling your Bike. Thanks to Ms. Hagan and Ms. O'Reilly for organising the great event!