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St. George's National School, Balbriggan Co. Dublin

Green Schools

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Green-Schools is Ireland’s leading environmental management and education programme for schools.

Promoting long-term, whole-school action for the environment Green-Schools is a student-led programme with involvement from the wider community. The programme is operated and co-ordinated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce (FEE member for Ireland).
Green-Schools is operated in partnership with Local Authorities and is supported by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government; Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment; Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; The Department of Arts, Heritage Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Irish Aid, National Transport Authority; National Parks and Wildlife Service, Irish Water and the Wrigley Company Limited.

 

News

17th Mar 2023
This week we made Wildlife Spring Surveys with Mouse. We then went outside to look...
 
 
 
 
2nd Mar 2023
We were so happy to see Mouse back in school this week! We learned lots about the...
 
 
 
 
12th Jan 2023
Mouse was in school today. He showed us lots of pictures of birds and taught us all...
 
 
 
 
15th Dec 2022
Mouse came for his December visit last week. He taught us how to identify different...
 
 
 
 
29th Nov 2022
We have been learning how to make prints in art. There are many steps involved in...
 
 
 
 
25th Nov 2022
This year we are starting work on our 6th Green Flag, the Global Citizenship Litter...
 
 
 
 
15th Nov 2022
We have all become keen gardeners in 4th class thanks to Ms Murray. She  has...
 
 
 
 
10th Nov 2022
We LOVE when Mouse comes to visit us in 3rd class! This week we had great fun learning...
 
 
 
 
10th Nov 2022
In science we are learning about plants and seeds. We have begun an investigation...
 
 
 
 
14th Oct 2022
We had our second visit with Mouse this week. We went outside to look for signs...
 
 
 
 
28th Sep 2022
This month we have started learning about animals in our locality. We all know what...
 
 
 
 
17th Jun 2022
A few weeks ago in the 3rd and 4th class yard we spotted some small blobs on the...
 
 
 
 
 

What is Biodiversity

 

Threats to Biodiversity

 

How to Help Biodiversity

 

Native Irish Plants and Wildlife

 

Why Biodiversity is Important