Green Team 2024/25 

Green Team 
 
Green Schools is Ireland’s leading environmental management and awards programme, working with schools across the country. 
 
Our Green Team at SETNS comprises a group of 16 children from junior infants up to sixth class, split into a ‘Junior Green Team’ (JI-2nd) who have a mainly in-class role of sharing updates with their class, and a ‘Senior Green Team’ (3rd-6th) who meet on a regular basis. 
 
The aim of our Green Team is to discuss and implement ways that we can maintain our five green flags (below) and continue to reach towards our sixth green flag of ‘Global Citizenship: Litter and Waste’. 
The five Green Flags currently held by SETNS are: 
 
Litter and Waste: Simple Wrappings on Really Delicious Sandwiches 
Energy: Save Energy Today Never Stop! 
Water: We Are Trying To Save Every Raindrop! 
Transport: Be Cool Walk to School - Less Cars More Handlebars! 
Biodiversity: Birds, Bugs, Bees is our Dream. 
 
 
 
 
In the academic year of 2023/24, our Green Team has been meeting regularly to maintain our current flags, with some examples below: 
 
Litter and Waste: Signage updated in classrooms and classes reminded by their green team inspectors to reduce, reuse and recycle using the correct bins 
Energy: Signage introduced to each classroom reminding children and adults to reduce their use by turning off electrical appliances when not in use 
Water: Signage introduced to classroom sinks as well as speakers from the Green Team reminding children and adults to reduce usage and use stoppers /basins when washing art supplies rather than letting water run down the drain 
Transport: Renewed reminders to all children to walk, cycle or scoot where it is safe and appropriate to do so 
Biodiversity: Promotion of biodiversity in our school garden by allowing verges to grow long and wild, and not clearing underneath hedgerows to allow habitat development. 
Beginning in September 2024, our Green Team will begin their work on our sixth flag: Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste. 
 
Global Citizenship – Litter and Waste is a maintenance theme which enables schools to discover how Green-Schools work has positively influenced people and environments worldwide while revising the previous Litter and Waste theme. Watch this space for more updates!