GREEN CHRISTMAS

Did you know that

• 35 million cans,


• 45 million drink bottels,


• 25 million cardbord toyboxes,


• 4 million sweet boxes

will be used in Ireland this Christmas. Scoil San Phroinsias have thought of ways to be green and to recycle this Christmas. These are some of our ideas.

These are two recycling photoes from miss O'Shea's class

This is a box were the scrap paper go into.

It seems like these boies know what to put in the recycling bin.

Look at the poster CAN YOU DO IT! YES YOU CAN

RECYCLE !!!

Look at these amazing paper bins!

Aswell as the 4th 5th and 6th class senior infants are also working hard on their recycling

Senior to 2nd classes doing hard work!

Look at how hard the senior ,1st and 2nd classes are working to get the green school flag.

The 1st and 2nd classes are setting a good example for the other classes.

6th class target litter

Well done to Ms. Farrelly's 6th class for all the litter picking they did today. We wish they hadn't found quite so much litter.....what could we do about that I wonder?!

Really Rapping!

The Coiste Glas would like every class to learn the rap which Adam Forde composed. Have some fun with your class....and your teacher.....adding your own music and rhythm to the rap. Be creative!! Maybe you can add another verse to Adam's rap? If you think you can, let your coiste glas representative know.

Winning rap

This is a fantastic simple rap that won the green school poetry/song competition. Congratulations to Adam Forde who is in 1st class!

Lets go green
Lets go green
Come on everybody
And keep our school clean.

Its very simple
You know what I mean
If we work together
We will keep our school clean.

Check these sites out on your computer

This site has some short videos about glass and paper recycling http://www.recyclenow.com/fun_stuff/index.html

This site explains what all the various recycling logos mean
http://www.recyclenow.com/why_recycling_matters/recycling_symbols.html

This site has lots of free resources, suitable for a range of classes. You can meet Kingwastealot here! http://www.brightnewscotland.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=407&Itemid=189

Repak Recycling Week 6th-12th October 2008

Repak recycling week runs from 6th to 12th October. Last year Repak funded the recycling of over 643,000 tonnes (circa 60%) of used packaging in Ireland!! That is a lot of packaging! Remember to use less, use again and recycle as many things as you can.

Back to Back

Comhghairdeas to Mrs. O'Connors Rang a 3 for being the first class (that we know of!) to photocopy onto the back of old, used pages. Way to go!! The Coiste Glas are proud of you, and the trees are happy too!

Remarkable Re-users!

Congratulations to Ms. Farrelly's rang a 6 for making excellent use of old materials in their art lessons. Already this year they have made gift bags from old milk and juice cartons, and they have made waster paper bins from old newspapers. Check out their class blog for more details.

Nursery Rhyme Challenge

Can you change the words of a popular nursery rhyme and give a "Green School" message?

This challenge is brought to you by the Coiste Glas and is open to all classes from 1st to 6th. The closing date is Friday 10th October....so get working!

"Humpty Dumpty sat on the bin......!!"

The best rhymes will be posted on this blog.

The Coiste Glas would also like to remind all the classes about "uisce cliste" this week.....please remember to use the green button on the loo!

When is it your turn to pick up litter?

Weekly Litter Picking
Litter pickers, gloves and plastic bags in Room 4
8th September	3rd Class Ms. O’Byrne
15th September	3rd Class Mrs. O’Connor
22nd September	4th Class Ms. Groarke
13th October	5th Class Mrs. Browne
3rd November	5th Class Ms. Costello
10th November	6th Class Ms. Farrelly
17th November	6th Class Ms. O'Shea
24th November	1st Class Ms. Kelly
Ist December	1st Class Ms. Cusack
	1st Class Ms. Kelly
8th December	1st Class Mr. O’hAodha
	2nd Mrs. Fahy
15th December	2nd Ms Gallagher
	2nd Mr. Murtagh
`	3rd Ms. O’Byrne

New cosite glas

Today the new cosite glas had a meeting. The names of the members are

1st class- Adam Forde
Jebreel Elgergawi
Azez Abesin

2nd class-Megan Hennigan
Sinéad Williams
Jack Kelly

3rd class-Kelly Sammon
Renee Boyce-Molyneux

4th class-Ionat Bigiol
Cristian Delive

5th class-Sean Ó Cuinneagáin
Shaunnagh Divinety

6th class-Eoghan/Halima
James/Ellie-Ann

Litter Review December 07

One of the very first things the new Green Schools Committee did was to conduct a survey of the school grounds to see just how much litter there was. Our aim was to identify the main types of rubbish left around the school, as well as to identify the litter black spots.

Paper, Paper, Paper

We noticed that each class was using a lot of paper. We asked each class to think about ways of reducing the amount of paper we use. A few classes came up with the same idea.....to have a box in the classroom for paper that has only been used on one side. Then, when you need a piece of paper to write a note, or to draw on, you choose a page from this box where possible. We realised that sometimes you need to get a new page, but not always! By using less paper we are reducing our carbon footprint.

Recycling old betteries, mobile phones and ink cartridges

The Coiste Glas decided that it would be good to encourage all the classes to bring in old batteries, mobile phones and ink cartridges to be recycled. In doing this, the amount of rubbish going to landfill would be reduced. A competition was organised and when all the counting was done, Ms. Cusack's class were the winners! They brought in more than 150 old batteries for recycling!! Well done to all the classes who took part. We collected 63 old mobile phones, and Trócaire receives €3 for each of these phones. So in total, we raised €189 for Trócaire. Comhghairdeas Scoil San Phroinsias.

lunch boxes

The green school committee noticed that a lot of the litter came from the school lunches. We then asked every child in the school to get a lunchbox. There was a reduction in the litter but not all children got a lunchbox. We began to check who had a lunchbox on Wednesdays.

Which Bin?

Each class has two bins one for rubbish and non recycling.Paper goes in our green bin and card , cardboard, magazines, newspaper. Wet tissue goes in our black bin. Some people put wrong, stuff like paper.

Coiste Glas

We are the Green Schools Committee and we are going to help Scoil San Phroinsias to go green.
Ruth Elwood
Clíona Flanagan
David Dillon
Kevin Beatty
Sarah O' Halloran
Eoghan Geoghegan
Matthew Flaherty
Cathal Gibbons
Tomás Cunningham
James Keane
Therese Lomboto
Louise Reilly
Aaron Conneely
Ange Dougan
Ms. O'Byrne