Green Week

Green Week

As part of our green schools initiative the green school committee headed up by Ms Browne launched ‘Green Week’ in the school which ran from 18^th -22^nd of February. There were events running all week as part of ‘Green Week’, they included competitions such a green poster, green poem and a green slogan competition.

One of the highlights from the week was the ‘Green Carnival’ which took place at lunchtime in the in the gym for first years. It consisted of all the traditional carnival games and prizes but the games were made from recycled items. They included bowling made from plastic bottles and cans, go fish where you had to catch a can with a fishing rod, knock down the cans and many more.

Other events that took place was a litterbug beetle drive for second years, a school based recycling quiz where the answers could be found posted all around the school and a talk for 5^th years by the Environmental Liaison Officer.

As a school each class has made a commitment to ‘Turn Over a New Leaf’, and their commitments were written on green paper leaves which have been placed on a large wooden tree in the centre of the school.

Prize winners included:

Recycling quiz - 1^st : Dillion Donoghue, 2^nd : Emily Deverell

Poster competition – 1^st : Niall Whelan,

2^nd : Caoimhe Griffen and Laura Gorry.

Slogan competition - Irish version – 1^st : Caitlin M^c Darby

English version – 1^st : Chelsea Kilrow,

2^nd : Dominik Wozniak

Poetry Competition – 1^st : Nicole Rattigan & Zoe Mc Donagh,

2^nd : Dylan Cuskelly