We took meter readings from electricity each week. The results were as follows:

    Date       Lighting Meter       Sockets meter      Power Meter       Water heating meter

  1/5/12       85398                   23102                  45128                  27013

  4/5/12       85390                   23182                  45128                  27024

  8/5/12       85906                   23212                  45142                  27032

11/5/12       85437                   23215                  45145                  27045

14/5/12      85459                    23317                  45148                 27052

18/5/12      85491                    23410                  45152                 27066

21/5/12      85499                   23441                   45154                 27075

25/5/12      85530                   23539                   45136                 27092

28/5/12      85547                   23557                   45165                 27098

Art Recycling 4th Class

Art Recycling 4^th Class

In Febuary room 1 made recycled art people out of recycled materials. This was in relation with our class novel, Kensuke's Kingdom. We used fabric, pipecleaners, googely eyes, cotton balls and many other recycable materials. We used stencils made out of recycled paper to make the shape of a person. We displayed them out side our classroom. Children can also do this. We would recomend to get teachers or parents to supervise you because you will be using scissors. For diffeculty we would give it 5 /10. For how good it was we said 10/10. Have a look at the pic attached.Thank you for reading this blog.

:) BY RYAN KAVANAGH & LEE SOMERS :)

Our Green School Code

As part of the Green School Programme we had to decide on a slogan or code for our school which linked to being green.  We decided to hold a slogan competition amongst all the pupils in the school.  This was combined with a poster competition.  The Green School committee gathered up all the entries.  There were some great slogans and the committee found it really difficult to choose a winner.  After a lot of discussion it was finally agreed that our slogan/code would be

"Green School, Green Street, Green Future".

The committee really liked how it used the fact that the school is situated on Green Street.  The winning entry was written by Kyle Monaghan and Conor Malone - both of whom are in Ms. Cleary's 2nd class.

The code is now on display in every classroom and all around the school.

Some of the progress we've made so far!

• Litter warden system set up.
• 'Battery Brigades' collect batteries, mobile phones and ink cartridges each week.
• 'Compost Crews' from Ms. Ruddock's fifth class take charge of monitoring the use of the compost bins and emptying them each day.
• Very successful poster and slogan competition held in the school.  The Green School committee picked a winner for each class.  Each winner won notebooks, pens, rulers, yo-yos and fridge magnets - all of which were either made from recycled materials or promoted recycling and which were given to us by Wexford Co. Council. All the entries for the competition are now on display all around the school.
• Green School Code chosen from the slogans on the posters - "Green School, Green Street, Green Future". 
• Green School notice board and blog have been set up.
• Information about recycling and composting displayed in all rooms in use and in public areas around the school.
• All classes provided with a sweeping brush and dustpan.
• Recycling bags in all classrooms.
• Scrap paper boxes/trays in all classrooms.
• Improvement in number of recyclable lunchboxes and drinks containers in use in the school.
• Number of 240 litre bins full of rubbish going from school to landfill reduced from 7 to 2.
• Curriculum links – teachers teaching lessons linked to the theme of reducing, re-using and recycling (art, english, irish, science, maths). 
• School garden revamped – beds repaired, cleaned out, re-composted and planted. Surrounding area cleaned and tidied. 
• Composting – new area for compost set up in front of the school. Large compost bins cleaned out. Working on mixing contents with foliage to help dry it out. Hoping to have our own compost for the garden by the end of the year.
• A LOT less litter around the school.
• Much more awareness around the school about litter and waste management.
  
  

Kilmainham Gaol - made by Ms. Hodnett's fifth class. See earlier post by Liam Turner giving details of how it was made using recyclable materials.

Green School Notice Board

Information on all aspects of our Green School programe is available for all members of our school community and all visitors to our school on our Green School notice board.

Litter wardens at work

Our litter warden system has been working very well.  Each week one class takes responsibility for picking up the litter in the school yard and the buildings.  Each day, immediately after lunchtime, four boys from the class on duty collect the litter pickers and buckets and set off to collect rubbish from various zones around the school. The amount of litter being collected has greatly reduced as members of the school community become more aware of the need to reduce, re-use and recycle!