Green Teams from SETNS and Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe during our inter-schools meeting today (Friday 22/11/24) 

 

We're delighted to announce that we will be teaming up with our neighbours at Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe next week for Clean Air Week (Or as the crow says, CAW!). You'll see members of our Green Teams in the morning and the afternoon checking in to see how many vehicles are idling during pick-up and drop-off. If your car is stopped for more than a 'drop and go' then please remember to turn off your engine (if you have one!) to keep our air clean. To learn more about Clean Air Week, visit Green Schools' Clean Air Week Website here.  

 

 

Thanks to our recycling partners Recycle IT for helping us out with our Autumn / Winter clearout!  

Bring along anything that uses a battery or a plug, and leave it in the designated area outside the foyer between 8am and 10am on Wednesday 13 Nov. For a full list of what can and cannot be recycled, please see Recycle IT's website. 

 

Remember that as a Green School, we always try to reduce and reuse before recycling. If you have a household electrical item that you no longer use but that is still working, please consider donating it or giving it to a friend. Only items which no longer work should be recycled. 

 

 

This year, our Green Team has been very busy indeed! Here's a summary of what's gone on so far this year!  

 

Whole-School elections were held for our new Green Team. The team consists of eight children, one from each class from 3rd-6th. They each have a 'buddy class' in the junior end of the school, so that they can share all updates from our meetings with them. 

 

23 Sep: Our first meeting with the new Green Team! What we covered: 

7 Oct: During our second meeting, we discussed what had been achieved since our first meeting, as well as discussing ways to maintain our second Green Flag: Energy. Since then, we've seen a wonderful reduction in the use of lights and other electrical items when not in use, which all helps to lower our carbon footprint, not to mention lowering our school bills! We also launched 'Fresh Air Fridays' in the school, where each class marks off their 'clean transport' on a chart, with fantastic prizes to be won once the chart is completed!  

 

14 Oct: Thanks to the Board of Management for their support on this one - we have reduced our dependence on blue hand towels massively, thanks to the introduction of washable individual hand towels - one per child! So far, our wonderful team of cleaners have reported that the 'blue towel' bins have reduced from around 3 full black bags per day to less than one black bag - well done everybody!  

 

21 Oct: During our last Green Team meeting before the break, we took a moment to celebrate the achievements of the school, especially on our Litter & Waste and Energy flags. Watch this space next term as we kick off with our next flag: Travel!  

 

Say hello to our new Green Team for 2024/25 below! Some of these children are full-time Green Team, and others are substitutes. Don't worry if you were out on this day, we will be updating this page regularly with photos of our wonderful work!