Welcome to our Green Schools page. Our school was awarded Green School status in 2010 when we achieved our first green flag for Litter and Waste under the direction and guidance of Miss O’ Brien and the Green School’s Committee. We are deeply committed to maintaining and up keeping this status every year. Since 2010, the school has continued to work extremely hard and has succeeded in achieving green flags which focused on Energy efficiency (2013) and Water maintenance (2016) and transport (2018) with the help and guidance of Miss Quinn, Mrs Conlan and the Green School’s Committee. We are currently striving to achieve our fifth Green Flag which focuses on Biodoversity with the help of Miss Sherlock and Mrs. Conlon.
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We are currently striving to achieve our fifth Green Flag which focuses on Biodiversity with the help of Miss Sherlock and Mrs. Conlon. Biodiversity is all about plants and animals.
Our ultimate aim is to make students, parents and teachers aware of the importance of Biodiversity in our world. The meaning of ‘Biodiversity’ is easy to understand when we break the word down; “bio” refers to life and ‘living things’ and “Diversity” means just that; range or variety. The word refers to the huge variety and variation of life that surrounds us on planet earth. Maintaining a high level of diversity among plants, animals and all living things all around us is essential in keeping the environment healthy and fit for human life. This includes diversity within species, between species and diversity of ecosystems. We interact with and have an impact on living things, directly and indirectly every day through our lifestyles; e.g. the food we eat or how we manage our gardens. The overall aim of the Biodiversity theme is for schools to increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity and for students and staff to come up with ways to help biodiversity. |