Biodiversity Day

Well done to everyone who made Biodiversity Day such a big success. Everyone made a huge effort to dress up as a plant or an animal and we had LOTS of variety!! At our Biodiversity asssembly, each class did something to show what they've learned about Biodiversity over the last 2 years and it was clear that they have learned a lot! Have a look at some of the pictures from the day. :)

Biodiversity Awareness

We are working hard to raise awareness of Biodiversity in the school. Here are some of great things classes have been doing. 

3rd Class have been busy learning all about Biodiversity. They have been making projects and also wrote some fabulous acrostic poems. Have a look! 

5th Class visited Seapoint to study a seaside habitat.

Feet on Friday

'Feet on Friday' is back again and we want to get as many people as possible walking to school. Here are some pics of our September 'Feet on Friday'. Lots of girls in 2nd Class walked to school with very wacky hairstyles!

Don't miss the next 'Feet on Friday' on 24th October! The theme is 'Witchy Walk'. Put on your ghoulish gowns for the walk to school! 

Welcome Back!

Welcome back!!

We are now in our second year working towards a Green Flag in Biodiversity.

The first thing on our agenda this year is a big clean-up of our school garden.

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful habitat that is home to lots of plant and animal life.

The garden clean up will take place this Saturday, October 11th 2014.

Volunteers are welcome to join the clean up from 10am!!

Here are some pictures of our school garden now...

Tune in next week to see if you can spot the difference!

Habitat Maps

Look at our wonderful Habitat Maps! Each class class did a great job of mapping all the different habitats we have in our school grounds.

4th Class made a dream Habitat Map showing how we can improve Biodiversity in the school

Ms.Clifford's 2nd Class used a colour coded key to show where the various habitats are on the school grounds!

Coiste Uaine Update! Most of our class groups have submitted their habitat maps of our school grounds. the girls enjoyed compiling them, and it was amazing how each class picked out different features of the area. Some were very detailed and colourful. Ms. Clifford's class even made a colour-coded key -easy to read and very visually effective! The Green Committee will look at all the habitat maps and decide which one best displays all the possible areas of biodiversity in the school grounds.


One of the most recent ways we have tried to ensure biodiversity in the school natural environment is to provide habitats and shelters for various types of animals. Each class took responsibility for a different house/ shelter/ area. They had to research the optimum sites and conditions for their organism. Here are some photos of the girls positioning the houses. (with a little help from Mr. O'Flynn!)

There are houses for insects - ladybirds, butterflies and lacewings,  birds - treecreepers and wrens.

Senior infants took on the job of the pond habitat. Again, more detail vcan be found in a separate blog.

 

Fifth class did a project about bats, which 

can be seen in detail in a separate blog, they 

called in a bat expert to inform them about 

the best position for their two bat roosting

 boxes.

 

video of scooter parade