Wasps!

Jessica’s dad found a wasp nest and kindly sent it into school.

Wasp nest Wasp nest Honeycomb Two dead wasps

 

Speckled Frogs

Infants have been busy making and learning about Speckled Frogs

Gardening

Mrs Coyne and the Green School Committee organised an action afternoon to harvest our vegetables and plant some bulbs and fruit trees.

Apple Crumble

Mrs Coyne and the Green Schools Committee made a delicious apple and blackberry crumble with the apples from our garden.

Apples

Mrs Coyne, Mrs Langan and some children picked the apples from our apple tree on Friday just as the birds were about to have a feast!

Apple tree
Apple tree

Day of Action

Mrs Coyne and the Green Schools Committee organised a Day of Action for Thursday 30th May. Parents, grandparents, past pupils, members of our local community, staff and children all helped out on the day. It really was a fantastic success and we had great fun working together. Some of the work we carried out included:

  • Identifying trees on our school grounds
  • Planting a magnolia tree in our front field
  • Planting pea plants, wildflowers, evergreen shrubs and Nasturtium
  • Preparing and planting the school vegetable patch
  • Planting begonias and marigolds
  • Digging a trench and planting a hedgerow
  • Planting our own oak and horse chestnut trees
  • Working on our bug hotel
  • Planting a willow tunnel
  • Collecting litter from our school grounds and local area

As part of our Green Flag we hope to increase the bio diversity on our school grounds.
Thank you to Mrs Coyne for organising the day and to everyone who took part. A special thank you to our local Tidy Towns Committee. They presented us with a cheque for €700 which will be used towards a Litter Awareness campaign in our school.

Cake Sale

Thank you to everyone who baked for our cake sale, and to all those who bought our treats, we made over €300 for our school.

USA Projects

5th and 6th Class reserached presented projects about the USA. Take a look for yourself.