Green schools Day of Action.

Pupils from 6^th and 5^th class encouraged by their teachers Ms. Joyce and Ms. Campion made costumes from waste that they recycled. The theme for the parade was world cup 2002 on the day they walked the whole length of the town and performed in front of the reviewing stand in the square 4^th class joined them with signs and slogans about recycling litter and the environment it was a huge success!!! Our school won a prize for creativity. Girls who took part in the parade described their costumes below.  

Footballers Costume

We collected old milk cartons. We cut them up the side flattened them out and washed them. We cut out shapes and sowed them onto a T-shirt.We made a ball from papier-mâché we painted it white. We painted on black 50p shapes to make it look like a real football. We moulded newspaper in to the shape of a cup and used toilet roll inserts for the stem. We made a banner that said Laois footballers 2002.We enjoyed doing our project.

                     By Rachel.W 5^th class

 

Hawker Costume

I got old flyers from the world cup and stuck them on to an old box to make it look like a hawker’s tray. I got toothpicks and I put straws over then I inserted into the box. I then drew flags of the participating countries and stuck them on some straws. I also got an old straw hat and stuck shamrocks on it. I was posing as a hawker selling flags and brochures for the upcoming world cup

                             By Laura.Q 6^th Class

 

Japanese Spectator

I was dressed in a kimono. I made it from old material from the schools material bank. I made a hat out of paper mache and painted it. I made slippers from newspaper. I wrote World Cup 2002 on the back and made a wide belt from the rest of my material.

                                                            By Michelle O’L 6^th class

 

Cheerleaders costumes

  We dressed up as cheerleaders we used green and white old material we sewed shamrocks on. We made poms from old plastic bags. Our anthem was ‘Recycle recycle it is the thing to do’

        ‘A few plastic bags and some old cardboard too’

‘ Recycle Recycle and keep Ireland clean’

          ‘Forget about those litter bins we’ll all go green’

          ‘Give me a G Give me an R Give me two E’s Give me an N

          ‘GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN’

                   By Amy O’ N & Erika.L 5^th

    The world cup Bride

I used the back of old curtains to make my costume. I cut out sports personalities from the paper and stuck them on. I decorated the back with an Old World cup flag. I made a bouquet of shamrocks from straws and cardboard. I used a toilet roll insert to keep them together. Finally I made a veil from white paper. The first GREEN BRIDE ever!!!

                             By Anneka.H 6^th Class

 

Japanese Costume

The body of my dress was green. The sleeves were made from old pillowcases my belt was made from toilet rolls strung together. I wrote Japanese letters all over my costume. I stuck flags on the sleeves to represent the countries. My hair was in a bun I stuck two old paintbrushes through to get the Japanese look!!!

                             By Charlotte.K 6^th

 

The World cup dame

  I used an orange bag a green bag and old foam to create the Irish colours for the body of the costume. I got a hanger to hold it together. My hat was spectacular. I used foam to mould a cup shape I covered it in tin foil. This was the stem I used an old pie tray to make the top of the cup I used elastic to keep it on. Watch out Philip Tracey

Naomi .K 6^th

Ireland fan

  I used a plastic bag to make my dress. The best thing about my costume was my enormous hat. Which I made out of cardboard boxes. I covered the boxes in old crepe paper. I decorated it with egg cartons and ripped up wool. My aunty crocheted a bag for me. We strung old plastic bags together to make a ball of yarn Ms. Mc Crohan the environmental co-ordinator at our school said ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’

 

                             By Claire.G 5^th Class