Action

Personnel

Timing

Comments

Form Committee

3-6 Classes

Elections held in classes 3-6. Six children on committee

Observe and record for one week the amount of waste

6^th class

Five days and the findings recorded and graphed

Inform school and Parents

Committee

Classes were informed by the committee and Parents by notes

Trash Free Lunch day

Whole school

Encourage use of flasks etc. Lunches with minimum of packaging. Official launch with classes given marks.

Make school grounds litter free

Whole school

ongoing

Encourage all children to use bins for their rubbish / litter

Provide extra bins where required

Principal

and yard

Ringo project

Plastic rings from can holders collected and sent away for recycling

Litter wardens

4^th class

Children wear green bibs and use litter pickers during break times

Green School section on school website

Guestbook signed as a result of visits.

Make contact with Green schools on the internet

6^th class

We were the first Irish school featured on the green Schools site

Paper Logs

6^th class

47 logs made during first year, which were then brought home by the 6^th class pupils at end of the year.

Art and Crafts

Whole school

Use of paper, waste materials e.g. litter robot, city square Easter competition, paper fruit etc.

Cans for recycling

Whole school and community

In addition to cans used in school children bring cans from home. We also collect cans from some of the pubs in the village

(a )Grass cuttings

6^th Class and caretaker

Mar. ‘99 

Leaves, fruit, skins etc. added to compost

(b)Left-over lunches etc.

Classes 1-6

Used a large plastic bin with a lid and drilled holes in it. Not successful

Ban crisps

All classes

Cut down significantly on wrapping also encouraged a healthier lunch

Seek sponsorship

Committee

Sponsorship was received for the first log press and the second log press was given as a gift. Local factory sponsored one flowerbed

Encourage use of flasks and lunchboxes

All classes

This is included on our Book List each year. Has helped cut down on amount of waste in class bins

All classes

Due to the failure of food composting unfinished lunches are brought home in lunchboxes

Action

Personnel

Timing

Comments

Eco Code

Classes 1-6

All classes gave their suggestions and from these our code was written. It is displayed in all classrooms and corridors

Class 6 and Committee

Two pupils drew a plan of school grounds and each class was given an area to keep tidy and litter free

Monitor Lights

Classes 1-6

Ensure all lights are turned off in classrooms at break times.

National Spring Clean up

Classes 5,6

General tidy up in the vicinity of the school and park

Environmental Issues

Tree Planting

All classes

onwards  

All classes planted a tree each in the front to begin our school garden

Shrubs

All classes

onwards 

Shrubs were planted in the front garden as a beginning

Tree Planting

Classes 5,6

Mainly sycamore and beech

Shrubs

Classes 5,6

Spring ‘98 

Tree Planting

A parent has offered some poplar trees which would be suitable for the back garden

Planting Bulbs

Junior and Senior Infants

Sept. ‘99  

Spring bulbs were planted by these two infant classes

Planting Seeds

6^th class

Milk cartons used to plant sycamore and horse chestnuts in class

Digging new flower beds

Classes 5,6

These were dug in the back garden, some beds in the front were extended

Tidy sheds

6^th class

One shed which had been inaccessible was tidied as storage area for cans and possibly paper

Observe environmental days

All classes

National Tree week and Energy conservation week to be observed and brought to the attention of the children

Invite guest speakers to the school

All classes

Ms. V. Dool, Mr N. Knox and ms A. Murphy were invited to the school to speak to the classes about environmental issues

Collecting Christmas cards

All classes

Boots chemists are now open in Waterford and last year ran a collection point for cards

Produce Environmental newsletter

Classes 4-6

Spring 2000

Articles on our activities and wider issues of importance to be featured

Playground Games

Committee

Spring 2000

Photocopy on both sides of page

All teachers

Helps reduce waste further