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The Green Team
Our school is proud to have been awarded two green flags for working hard on environmental issues. Ms Lucey, Ms Scannell and the green team are always busy finding new ways to ensure our school impacts positively on the surrounding environment. The focus of our recent campaign has been 'Reducing our carbon footprint'. It compliments the earlier efforts made to reduce, reuse and recycle, which are now a major part of everyday life. Have a look at what the various classes do to ensure the school remains 'green' at all times.
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Water Week 2009 (23 - 27 November)
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The Uses of Water
Think about how you use water. Try and list as many uses as you can for water in your home. Then click below to see how many of your ideas are featured in the slideshow. We offer just a sample of the ways we use water.
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The Water Cycle
The water on earth is constantly in motion. Take a look at the diagram on the left and examine the stages of the water cycle.
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Water has many faces!
Water is all around us. It can be a liquid, solid or gas.
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Top tips for conserving water
| Number | Water Tip |
| 1 | Never let the tap run when brushing your teeth. |
| 2 | Check around the house for dripping taps. |
| 3 | Always fill the diswasher fully before switching it on. |
| 4 | Only fill the kettle with the water you need. |
| 5 | Wash around the home with a basin or bucket not a running tap. |
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Not everyone has water at the turn of their taps. Drought is a severe shortage of water. Sadly millions of people all over the world suffer as a result of drought. Keep this in mind next time you turn on your tap. Water is precious, so use it wisely. The short video below will give you an insight into the plight of those living without water.
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| Activities | Benefits | What can I do? |
| Waste reduction and recycling |
We try to use less paper, tinfoil and other packaging so that we send less rubbish to landfill sites. This ensures that packaging is not used unnecessarily. Fruit and vegetables are collected for compost by sixth class, giving us rich food for our flower pots and window boxes. |
Write and photocopy on both sides of the paper. Don't wrap your lunch in tinfoil or cling film. Put paper in the green bin for recycling. Put your fruit (except citrus fruits) in the fruit bins provided. |
| Saving the boglands |
Our peatlands are disappearing fast. These special areas have a wealth of natural resources including unique wildlife. We work with the Irish Peatland Conservation Council to safeguard the boglands for the future. |
Collect used stamps and place them in the coloured envelopes in your classroom. The stamps will be used to by the IPCC to purchase portions of bogland. |
| Litter patrol | A hard working team of fourth class students keep an eye out for litter around the school. Litter is unsightly and destroys our beautiful school. |
If you see litter strewn around the school grounds, find a bin and put the litter in it. |
| Bird feeding | Birds are an important part of the school environment. Many of them eat bugs and insects that attack our flowers and plants so they are our friends. Second class children are very kind as they ensure that the birds are always fed druing winter. |
Put food out on the bird tables or in bird nets during the harsh winter months. Remember birds love nuts and pulses. |
| Reducing energy consumption |
We waste far too much energy in our homes and schools. We are working hard to reduce the energy by switching off lights and machines when not in use and closing the windows when we are not about. Less energy means less carbon dioxide - the gas that is damaging our environment. |
Swith off lights during the day and take advantage of natural light at all times. Close the windows when the radiators are in use. Close the blinds during lunch break to reatain heat. Turn off the computers, cd players and other equipment when you are not using them. |
| Recycling batteries and ink cartridges |
Batteries and ink cartridges are difficult to dispose of and can cause a huge amount of damage to the environment. |
Bring your batteries and ink cartridges to Mr. Lyons in the computer room. He will ensure they are recycled. |
Composting fruit and vegetables
Recycling batteries
Recycling packaging
Reducing our consumption of energy
Preserving the boglands
Bird feeding
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Features
In this part of the website we explore different aspects of environmental care and developement. It is a chance to learn a little more about the world that surrounds us and can teach us a lot about the impact that humans have on the world around them.
Learn all about the boglands of Ireland by clicking on the link below.
http://www.ipcc.ie/wildboghome2.html
Learn about recycling and the part you can play by clicking on the link below.
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/
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Our Green School Flag
In June 2008 the school celebrated in style when we were awarded our second green flag. It was the culmination of a huge amount of work by the whole school community. Congratulations to the green team who were wonderful representatives for the school during the flag raising ceremony. A huge thank you to Ms Scannell and Ms Lucy for all their hard work. We hope our green flag will fly for many years to come.
Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa Íosa, Huntstown, Dublin 15, 01 8216400