We are very excited to announce our new Green Team which was formed in October 2021.Our enthusiastic Green Team includes girls from 1st to 6th classes ,our Green Team Co-ordinator-Ms Mc Grath, Esther Lee our SNA representative, Ms Barry & Ms Hogan co-ordinating teachers & Damien Masterson our Caretaker.
Our Green Team Class Representatives are:
Sarah Bourke & Saoirse Griffin-1st class
Amina Mustapha Garba & Summer Almadani-2nd class
Analeise O'Donoghue & Kenzie Smyth-3rd class
Eimear Frawley -4th class
Sarah O'Brien & Megan Bradley Davies-5th class
Robyn Dillon & Isabelle Keane -6th class
The Junior classes will also be informed about Green school actions and events by their teachers and by the Green Team at assembly online.
All of our pupils are involved in the Green-schools programme through their positive environmental actions each day!
We are excited to get to work on our 7th Green Flag ! We have been working on the Green-Schools themes in Mary Queen of Ireland G.N.S. since 2007 and we are very proud of what we have achieved through working on this programme in our green-school. For our 7th flag we will be working on the theme of Global Citizenship & Energy whilst also maintaining the themes of Litter & Waste, Water, Travel and Biodiversity .
We look forward to working on our 7 essential Green-School programme steps . These are
1.Forming our committee ✔️
2.Carrying out an Environmental Review
3.Creating Our Action Plan
4.Monitoring & Evaluating progress made
5.Linking Curriculum Work
6.Informing & Involving our whole school community
7.Creating a Green Code!
Our Green Team will meet monthly (and socially distanced) in our school garden to discuss ideas, surveys, questionnaires, actions and talk about all things Green! We have met twice already as we had a special meeting to coincide with COP26 and Science week !
We will keep you updated and informed throughout the year on our Green School actions .Our pupils will also let you know how you can take steps at home to help our environment.