St. Brigid’s GNS is dedicated to promoting the Green Schools initiative run by An Taisce. So far we have been awarded 7 Green Flags:
- Litter and Waste
- Energy
- Water
- Travel
- Biodiversity
- Global Citizenship – Litter and Waste
- Global Citizenship – Energy.
Our Green Schools Committee are working hard to make sure everyone does their part in keeping our school as green as possible.
Meet our Green School Committee:
🎄✨ Second Hand Christmas Jumper Sale! ✨🎄
We are so thrilled to share that our Second-Hand Christmas Jumper Sale was a great success! Not only did we spread festive cheer with some fun and cozy jumpers, but we also raised an amazing €200 for our school!
A big thank you to everyone who donated, shopped, and supported this event. Your kindness and generosity truly made a difference, and it’s a perfect reminder of the joy in giving and reusing this season.
🎃 Halloween Costume Sale 👻
With Halloween around the corner, our school hosted a second-hand costume sale
Buying pre-loved costumes reduces waste and minimises the environmental impact of creating new costumes each year. By reusing, we’re reducing the demand for fast fashion and cutting down on the resources used in production.
The sale itself raised €257! Well done to all who contributed costumes and thank you to those who purchased.
Lights Out Challenge
Our Green Team has been working very hard encouraging each class to turn their lights and interactive whiteboards off during yard times. During yard time 2 members of our Green Team complete a spot check on all the classrooms and check who has remembered to turn off their lights. Each month a junior and a senior class is awarded with a trophy and either extra yard time or a night off homework.
December 2023 winners: Ms. Lambe’s 2nd class and Ms. Kelly’s 6th class.
January 2024 winners: Ms. Quish’s Junior Infants and Mr. Spain’s 6th class.
Art Competition
Our senior classes took part in an art competition in October. The Green Team noticed that some girls were unsure of what waste goes into each bin. To help ensure we are throwing our rubbish into the correct bin, our senior classes designed a sign for their classroom bins which clearly outlined what the girls can put in each bin. We then shared our designs with the junior classes.
Picker Pals
The 1st Class girls have been taking part in the Picker Pal Programme. Once a week 2 girls from each first class take a Picker Pack home and collect litter in their local area. This is a very enjoyable experience for the girls as they go on an adventure in helping their community.
Our Green School Code
Congratulations to Isabelle Heffernan in Ms. Lambe’s 2nd class who won our Slogan competition. Her slogan said: “Go Green and save our nation, it’s up to us, we’re the next generation”.
The whole school will now learn this slogan as our Green School Code!
Battery Recycling
Please bring your wasted batteries into school and add them to your classroom box. Call on your family and friends and gather their wasted batteries too, the more the better!
The Big Travel Challenge 2023
