Green School Information Working Together For a Sustainable Future What is ‘The Green Schools’? Green-Schools is Ireland’s leading environmental management and education programme for schools. The Green-Schools is a student-led programme within a school with involvement from the wider community. The programme is operated and co-ordinated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce (FEE member for Ireland) and is delivered in our school with the co-operation of Tipperary County Council and Partnerships. Every theme in the Green School’s programme is approached and developed over two years. Themes are linked to many subject areas of the school curriculum. What are The Green Schools themes? The themes are divided into the following: 1. Litter and Waste 2. Water 3. Energy 4. Travel 5. Bio-Diversity 6. Global Citizenship What are the steps to being awarded a Green Schools Flag? The 6 steps are: 1. Forming a Committee of Students. 2. An Environmental Review within the school. 3. Devise an Action Plan to further develop awareness of this theme. 4. Follow the Action Plan, community based. 5. Monitoring Progress within the community. 6. Evaluating all information. Green Schools Flag We are currently in our second year of working towards our second Green School’s Flag on the theme of ‘Water’ (2021-2023), while also renewing our Litter and Waste flag. A new committee was set up in September 2022 and they will continue on from the previous committee with their various duties. We meet on a regular basis to create, discuss and implement our ideas on both Litter & Waste and Water themes. Our committee is looking forward to the year ahead, to keep our school an environmentally friendly green school. Pupil Committee Members: A. Mullins, J.Keane, L. Hawkins, R. Healy, G. Gleeson, T. Stapleton, C. Larkin, T. Ryan, J. Stokes, P. Dufffy, A. Lynch, E. McAndrews, MT. McCormck, S. Steinsberg, A. O’Keefe. Staff Committee Members: Ms. Cummins, Mr. Browne, Ms. Hickey, Ms. S.O’Brien, I. Lonergan, A. Hackett, C. O’Dwyer, A.Fogarty, J. Joy. Our Green School’s Code The Green Code competition was held in January 2020. The entries were to a very high standard showing creativity and meaning. The committee had a hard job to choose the winner. After a lot of deliberation the winner was chosen. Thank you to Ms. O’Dwyer’s class who created our new 2019/2020 Green School Code.
Work as a team to keep Scoil Chormaic clean!
Work as a team to keep Scoil Chormaic clean!
2021-2023 Our new Green School theme is WATER We will encourage, educate and practice reducing our water usage. While we work on our water theme, we will also be continuing on our works of reducing, re-using and recycling our litter and waste. Green School Board Our Green School board keeps our school community updated throughout the year.
Our Water Green School Code winner is James Daly in Ms. O’Doherty’s class. All pupils were invited to enter and the committee voted on the winner. This will be our code for the next two years. Well done James!
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February 2022 SEAI Water Workshop: The workshop was directly linked to the curricula and was a great way to inform and involve pupils in ways to save water, bring about awareness and help our school to achieve the Green Flag award. The workshop involved inquiry-based learning through experiments, videos, games and talks.
March 2022 We held our Save Blue, Live Green competition to spread awareness and knowledge on ways to conserve water. Each entry was a class video of their chosen topic. All the entries were saved on our Google shared drive which allowed each class to access all videos, therefore creating the maximum of water conservation ideas to all. The entries were highly innovative, fostered creativeness and an enjoyment of learning. 1st Place: Ms Mulcahy’s class. 2nd Place: Mr. Bales’ class. 3rd Place: Mr. Shields.
June 2022 Mr. Browne’s class up-cycled (re-used) many materials to create amazing useful items that we need around the house. For example, flower pots, tool box, candle holders. Well done to all!
September 2022 Our litter picking continues in Scoil Chormaic. A rota has been set up for classes to participate. The rota is for the 2022-2023 school year.
October 2022 Our Green School board is kept updated on a regular basis.
The committee checked the whole school for any leaks. They informed each class what to do if they see a leak. It must be reported to maintenance and logged in the maintenance book.
Scoil Chormaic’s Green School Action Day was held on the 23rd February. Each committee member created their stall under the theme of water or litter and waste. At the exhibition in the hall, each committee member showcased their project to raise awareness and knowledge. We asked each pupil and staff for a donation to Trócaire which will go to people who are suffering from drought or in need of clean water. Our school is hoping to achieve our water flag this year. Check our compilation video we have made of the day.
Green School Information Working Together For a Sustainable Future What is ‘The Green Schools’? Green-Schools is Ireland’s leading environmental management and education programme for schools. The Green-Schools is a student-led programme within a school with involvement from the wider community. The programme is operated and co-ordinated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce (FEE member for Ireland) and is delivered in our school with the co-operation of Tipperary County Council and Partnerships. Every theme in the ‘Green Schools’ programme is approached and developed over 1-2 years within the school. Themes are linked to many subject areas of the school curriculum. What are The Green Schools themes? The themes are divided into the following: 1. Litter and Waste 2. Water 3. Energy 4. Travel 5. Bio-Diversity 6. Global Citizenship What are the steps to being awarded a Green Schools Flag? The 6 steps are: 1. Forming a Committee of Students. 2. An Environmental Review within the school. 3. Devise an Action Plan to further develop awareness of this theme. 4. Follow the Action Plan, community based. 5. Monitoring Progress within the community. 6. Evaluating all information. Green Schools Flag We are currently in our second year of working towards our first Green School Flag on the theme of ‘Litter and Waste’, (2019-2021). Our committee was set up in October 2019 and they will complete their duties when the Green Flag is achieved. A new committee will then be set up for the next theme. We meet on a regular basis to discuss and implement our ideas to reduce litter and waste in our school. Our committee is looking forward to the year ahead to keep our school an environmentally friendly green school. Pupil Committee Members: Dawn Cuddihy – Ms. Martin Jack Cavanagh – Ms. C. O’Brien Damien Mulhall – Mr. Browne Jack Stokes – Ms. Cullinane Kelan Hyland – Mr Anderson Rhys Minchin – Ms. Barrett Brendan McAndrew – Ms. O’Doherty Johnathan Sweeney – Ms. O’Doherty Paddy Delaney – Mr. Ryan Cian Cooney – Ms. Skehan Patrice Duffy – Mr. Doran Cormac Kennedy – Mr. O’Heney Brandon O’Donnell – Ms. Roche Peter Hislop – Ms. O’Dwyer Rimma O’Meara – Ms. O’Dwyer Staff Committee Members: Ms. Cummins, Mr. Browne, Ms. Hickey, Mr. O’Heney, I. Lonergan, Caretaker Eddie, Mr. Ryan. Our Green School’s Code The Green Code competition was held in January 2020. The entries were to a very high standard showing creativity and meaning. The committee had a hard job to choose the winner. After a lot of deliberation the winner was chosen. Thank you to Ms. O’Dwyer’s class who created our new 2019/2020 Green School Code. Our Green School board informs our pupils of our current work and updates. 2021-2023 Our new Green School theme is WATER We will encourage, educate and practice reducing our water usage. While we work on our water theme, we will also be continuing on our works of reducing, re-using and recycling our litter and waste. Green School Board Our Green School board keeps our school community updated throughout the year. Home Community Remember we recycle batteries. Please send in any batteries that you have at any time throughout the school year. Recycled School Benches Our new school benches are made from recycled plastic.
Work as a team to keep Scoil Chormaic clean!
Work as a team to keep Scoil Chormaic clean!
Our Water Green School Code winner is James Daly in Ms. O’Doherty’s class. All pupils were invited to enter and the committee voted on the winner. This will be our code for the next two years. Well done James!
EVENTS DIARY
Scoil Chormaic’s Green School Action Day was held on the 23rd February. Each committee member created their stall under the theme of water or litter and waste. At the exhibition in the hall, each committee member showcased their project to raise awareness and knowledge. We asked each pupil and staff for a donation to Trócaire which will go to people who are suffering from drought or in need of clean water. Our school is hoping to achieve our water flag this year. Check our compilation video we have made of the day.