Our Walk/Scoot/Cycle on Wednesday initiative got off to a great start this year. We had a few lovely bright Wednesday mornings since we came back to school. The pupils and staff meet at the Church at 9am and travel to school together. We walk back to the Church at home time then. We will continue […]
Category Archives: Green Schools
05
Sep
Sep
Martin Curley from Heritage in Schools came to school today to help us celebrate National Hedgerow Week. He held a workshop on hedgerows and we discussed what we would find in the top (different species of trees), middle (hedges/shrubs) and bottoms (flowers and grass) of hedgerows. We learned the purpose and importance of hedges for […]
16
Jun
Jun
Today Shailigh Healy, from Heritage in Schools, came to our school for a Nature Workshop with both classrooms. She taught the children about trees; we named all the trees on our school grounds and explored interesting facts about them, as well as their importance. We are blessed to have such fabulous trees in our school […]
14
Jun
Jun
“At the Farm to Fork Experience primary school students learn about the process of food production through a combination of hands-on activities and discussions led by Agri Aware’s Education Officers. Pupils will receive on-site education delivery which is guided by the SESE curriculum in an outdoor classroom experience. The experience is suitable for students from […]
21
May
May
Our strawberries, potatoes and wild-flower bed are doing really well. We enjoy watching them grow and taking care of them.
17
May
May
Pupils from Clonown N.S. enjoying Bike Week. We walk, scoot or cycle to school every Wednesday, It is so much fun and pupils really enjoy this initiative. Today was particularly enjoyable in the lovely weather.
16
May
May
Ross Cochrane, from Heritage in Schools, came recently for a nature awareness and appreciation workshop. The children had a fantastic day. We would highly recommend this informative and interactive day with Ross. Our pupils gained alot from it. We are working towards our 13th Green Glag and this project is very important to us. We […]
16
May
May
Pupils in the Junior Room learned about bees in their Rainbow English Programme over the last couple of weeks. They then focused on bees for their procedure writing. They drew and cut out their own bees. Finally the children planted marigold seeds. They had lots of fun. Our pupils are really good at watering and […]
07
May
May
Pupils on our Green School Committee attended the Canal Awareness Event in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel on Thursday. Well done to Athlone Canal Heritage Committee, Our Lady’s Bower and all the guest speakers on a brilliant event. We thoroughly enjoyed it. We went for a walk along our lovely canal before returning to school.
05
May
May
This time the children focused on collage with Catherine. They first learned about Henri Rousseau and studied his famous Jungle Collage. Then the children created their own jungle collage using old magazines, coloured card and their own drawings on white paper. The results were fabulous; a lovely way to spend an afternoon. Thank you Catherine.