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Green
Week - October 2008
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There
is a lot of news to report following our very successful Green Week. We launched
a new theme in our Green School's Programme, as we try to achieve another Green
Flag. Our special Green Week began on Monday with
a Water
Audit. 
Five girls from our
Green Committee undertook to calculate the number of taps, radiators and
toilets in our school.
Based
on an average taken in First Class, they calculated the average amount of water
used per person per day in the school is approximately 13 litres. This does not
include Art days when we use even more water. They also reported three dropping
taps in the school. We also discovered that there are 16 toilets in the school
that ahve a half-flush button. This gave the committee an idea. Thay decided to
launch an awareness campaign to let everybody know how much water could be saved
by using the half-flush and not the full flush button.
A
committee member reminded us of some water saving tips every day on the
intercom.
It
was decided to launch a new improved energy checklist in every classroom. This
checklist allows the energy monitor in each classroom to ensure that the lights,
computers and CD players are switched off when they are not being used but
additionally to ensure that the taps are turne3d off with no drips or leaks.
Ms.
O'Sullivan's class undertook to check our energy usage by reading our
electricity meter. We noticed a large reduction in our energy usage. Our average
weekly energy usage has dropped from 615 units weekly to 590 units weekly. We
were delighted with these resu;ts and hope to keep up the good work.
Mrs.
Regina Kelly's class organised a School Clean-up. Every class from 1st to 6th
picked up the litter from their designated area on Wednesday of Green Week.
Results from this exercise were a little disappointing. However, the girls were
allowed to pick up rubbish from a previously unrecorded area. The rubbish was
weighed. Results are on display on our Green noticeboard.
Ms.
Suzanne Kelly's class organised a Lunchbox survey on Thursday. Every class was
visited to check and see how many re-usable bottles, sandwich boxes, tin foil
and plastic bags they brought to school that day. The girls also checked how
much fruit and vegetables were being brought. Here are some of their results:
We now have 368
girls using
a sandwich box daily.
361
girls use a re-usable bottle.
Only 6 children
bring a tetra-pak to school.6
children had a
tetra-pak.
Just 6 girls had
capri-suns.
Mrs.
Kavanagh's girls designed a graph to demonstrate the number of bins we use in
the school. They compared the results with the results they had calculated in
February 2008 and found that the number of black bins had increased. This is bad
news and we hope to do better for our next Green Week in December. The girls
also found that the number of blue recycling bins had decreases by 3. This is
good news and shows us that our hard work is paying off. 
The week culminated in a whole School Assembly on Friday. We were introduced to
'Aquamarine',
our Water Symbol, designed by Mrs. George and Mrs. Girard's girls.
The children also wrote a poem about Aquamarine.
Every class in the school made a fantastic poster, each focusing on a different
aspect of ways to save water. The posters were displayed during the assembly.
Please click on the images below and you will see our selection of posters.
 
One of the useful tips we heard at the Assembly was that a bath can use up to 80
litres of water, whereas a shower uses approximately 35 litre of water.
We also learned about the Water Cycle.
Each
class put a huge amount of work into their poster and into the Assembly. We had
a great start to our Water Theme and now look forward to our Christmas
Decoration Competition in December.
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