The History of Christ the Saviour N.S. as a 'Green School'
Our second Green Flag was awarded in 2011 for our work on Energy conservation.
We raised our third Green Flag in 2013. We were awarded the flag for our work on conserving water in our school. We learnt how to conserve water to protect our environment.
In 2015, we received the Green Flag for our work on travel. This flag involved organising ‘Walk to School’ days.
In 2017, we were awarded our fifth Green Flag on the theme of biodiversity. We developed the school garden, created a sensory garden and increased our awareness of all the plants and animals in our locality.
We are currently working to achieve our 6th Green Flag, based on the topic of 'Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste'. Have a read below to find out about our latest developments.
Green School Committee 2019/2020
Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste Team
The following people are our representatives for the school on the Green School Committee for 2019/2020:
Thomas Kamper and Karly McKiernan (Junior Infants)
Sadhbh O'Donnell and Diarmuid Hanley (Senior Infants)
Bill O'Neill and Charlotte Brady (1st Class)
James Tierney and Diarmuid Óg Doody (2nd / 3rd)
Aoife O'Sullivan and Dylan Cierans (3rd/4th)
Muireann O'Sullivan and Alyssa Martin (5th)
Megan Morrissey and Patrick Cagney (6th)
John Joe Carmody (School Caretaker)
Eibhlin Murphy (Co-ordinator)
Rebecca Cleary (Principal)
Green Flag Celebration 2017
Meet our Green Schools Committee 2017/2018
10th Year Celebration
Biodiversity is the fifth Green-Schools theme and looks at steps which can be taken to increase awareness of the importance of native plants, animals and habitats, and to increase species-richness in a locality. We received great news yesterday (24/04/17) that we have been awarded this fifth flag! Congratulations to all the boys and girls involved, and a special thank you to Mrs Murphy for her Trojan work and dedication in pursuing the flag.
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Biodiversity
Bird Feeders
The children in 2nd and 3rd class have been thoroughly enjoying our new bird observatory in our classroom. We have seen many birds since the feeders were put in place. We have discovered that the little Blue Tit birds love to eat peanuts, the House sparrow and Blackcaps love the fat ball feed and the Robins have been eating the wild bird seed. Of course some very cheeky crows and Jackdaws have been doing their best to eat here too.
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Here's our Board Of Management Chairperson, Kevin Kennedy, and Ms. Murphy's father-in-law, Joe Murphy, busy working on our school's new sensory garden. A big thank you to both men for their hard work! Both teachers and pupils really appreciate it!
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Our School Garden
Craft ED
Over ten sessions in term three, the 6th class pupils created the most beautiful ceramic birdhouses , which will be spread across our school gardens, and will hopefully attract numerous birds for us to observe.
Thank You so much Kate for aiding in these creations. We really appreciate your hard work!
Fairy Garden
Fairy Garden
***Check In to Hotel Insect***
Raising the flag
What a special day in
school today, as we welcomed back past pupils and teachers, parents, and
sporting stars for the official raising of our fourth Green Flag. Big thanks are
owed to Ms. Murphy who put in Trojan work to achieve the flag, and Ms.
Fitzgerald who continued her marvellous work while Ms. Murphy was on maternity
leave. Also, a big thank you to our principal, Ms. Cleary, our deputy
principal, Ms. Hanley, and all the teachers and staff in the school, along with
all the boys and girls-it is through your hard work and co-operation that we
have reached this proud milestone. We were very excited that local sporting
hero, Donal O’Grady, could be here to share in
our special day, and also to Kevin Kennedy, our Chairperson, for his support today
too! Lastly to the parents who, through supporting our many Walk To School events throughout the last two years, have helped
us achieve our flag also. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir!! |
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Collecting our fourth Green-Schools flag
Last Wednesday, 27th of May, Mr. Keogh, along with
Padraig, Aimee, and Ellen travelled to Cork to collect the school’s fourth
green flag. The flag was awarded to us for our work on the Travel Theme. Our
day started early, as our bus for Cork departed at 8am. Tired, but excited, we
took off in high spirits! We were greeted on arrival by Angela Wall, our green
school’s advisor. Next we went into the big hall and met people from over forty
other Limerick schools, each being awarded a green flag. The highest flag being
awarded on the day was flag six. It was awarded to Catherine McAuley School in the city. We looked on respectively, all
looking forward to the day we’d be collecting our sixth flag! After collecting
our certificate award and flag from the environmental officers, we felt as
proud as punch. We were treated to a gorgeous lunch of lasagne and cheesecake,
before returning to school-a nice treat to finish off a fantastic day out! We
can’t wait to start working on flag number five, which focuses on the theme,
bio-diversity! |
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Walk to School day
Last week we celebrated National Walk to School Week 2015 in Christ the Saviour School. We took part in various activities to mark this event such as designing posters and also taking part in a Step it out Challenge. Pupils from Junior Infants to 6th class took part in the poster competition and we had various winners from each class. The winners of our poster competition were Lydia Hartnett and Lily O'Connor from Senior Infants and 1st class. Thea O'Brien from 1st and 2nd class and Niall Sheahan from 3rd and 4th. Pupils from 3rd to 6th class took part in the Step it Out Challenge which meant that we had to count the number of steps that we walked during small break and big break. &his was great fun. The winners were Jack Mullane from 3rd and 4th. Noelle Insley and Emma Kelly from 4th and 5th and Katelynn Collins from 6th class. Well done to all that took part in this activity.We also walked to school on last Friday whereby we hopped on the school's Walking Bus. We walked from the church all the way up to the school. 80 children from the school took part in the walk to school last Friday. Ms. Casey's class had the most pupils that walked to school and as a result the' got to keep the Golden Boot Award"or the week. We were also delighted to see that some parents and even dogs took part in our walk to school. We also got to dress up in a jersey to mark the day.We also invited Limerick Sports Partnership to the school to do various activities and fun co-operative games with the pupils in the school. We would like to say a big thank You to Kathleen,Luke, Adam and Aine for coming to our school and doing these fun games with us. We had a great time.
December 2014 Green-Schools update
Biodiversity- how you can help!
Take a look at our 'Travel' theme booklet...
School Garden
For the past couple of years, we have grown our own vegetables
and plants in our school garden. We prepare the soil, add compost, sow seeds
and tend to the plants. We grow lettuce, carrots, herbs and potatoes. Take a look
at our efforts from last year… |
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Litter and Waste
Green-Schools covers many different aspects of the environment. Litter and waste is chosen as the first
theme because:
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Facts and Figures
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Energy |