Biodiversity Survey results

Biodiversity awareness survey ppt from rainybops

Welcome to a new year for the Coiste Uaine. We have a new set of class representatives and a new challenge! Our next Green Flag award will  be on the theme of BIODIVERSITY.
A bit hazy about what biodiversity really means? Can't quite put your finger on why it's important? well we will all be educating ourselves about the topic over the next two years!

The girls in the school have already completed a biodiversity survey and we will hopefully get it up on the website so you at home can try it too. Watch this space for more news!


Don't forget that Feet on Friday will be on going this year, as will recycling, reusing and energy and water saving.

Next Friday is "Witchy Feet on Friday" with everyone dressing up and taking a Witchy Walk to school. It was a great success last year with many Mums and teachers also walking in costume so
don't miss it!  
                     
                                                  

Welcome back to our Coiste Uaine Blog for the 2013-14 school year!
our  Green Schools challenge is on the theme of "BIODIVERSITY".

Do you fancy taking our Biodiversity survey? See can you answer these questions!
Do you know what the term Biodiversity means?
 Do you know why it is important to our planet and to our survival on the planet?
Do you know how we can help Biodiversity locally and globally?
Do you know how Biodiversity is being threatened?

Cycle to School Week

Don't forget that tomorrow, Wednesday, is "COW" or Cycle on Wednesday - the national cycling day. please try to cycle or scoot tomorrow!

The Raising of the Flag!

IMG 3772 from Lorraine O'Malley on Vimeo.

Our fourth Green Flag, awarded for Greener Travel, was raised on Friday the 31st May amid much cheering and jubilation. Such a tremendous effort has been made this past two years that every girl in the school felt justifiably proud as the flag was added to the other three flying outside the front of the school!

Rewards and Awards!!

REWARDS: News flash! Well done to the three classes with the most walkers over all this week. Miss O'Malley's 3rd class, Mrs. O' Sullivan's 1st class and Miss Lambe's 4th class were the winners with a total of 126 walkers!


AWARDS: We received our fourth green flag and certificate of achievement in an Award ceremony in Croke Park laqst week. Three pupils  from the Coiste Uaine - Sadhbh Daly, Molly Conway and ZoeBracken represented the school and received our certificate and flag from An Taisce.

 

 

Walk to School Week Results!

Well, we finished the week in great style with everyone walking, scooting or even cycling in pyjamas!
After counting up the walkers for each day,  the results showed that a tremendous effort was made during the whole week, but on Friday we outdid ourselves with 378 walkers! What an amazing result when you consider that there are only 426 girls in the whole school - Well done everybody!

 

 

Wacky Hair Walk!

Everyone was out of bed early this morning, getting their "upstyles" ready for our Wacky Hair Walk!
there were braids, bobbins, bows and back combing, plaits and pleats, ponytails and pigtails! 

                                                    
Tomorrow is the last day of Walk to School Week and we're all very tired...so tired we are wearing our pyjamas to school !! Onesies, Fleecy ones, dressing gowns and Barbie ones - prepare to see all types of bed attire for our Friday finale of a fun-filled Walk to School week!

Walk to School Week update!

All roads lead to Mount Anville Primary School this week and they are full of a very colourful collection of walkers! Take a look!

 

 We kicked off yesterday with "Odd Socks" walk and today was "Funny Hat" walk.

 

 

Tomorrow, quite appropriately since the weather is still chilly, is "Woolly Wednesday" - wear woolly hat, scarf, wig, eyebrows!!!

It is also National Walk to School and Walk to Work Day, so we would love to see a huge effort made! Let's see if we can beat our all time Walk to School record!!

Funny Hat Walk!

Tuesday is the day to walk with a Funny Hat - make one, tie a ribbon round one, add some flowers or feathers - you decide! the brighter and more eye-catching the better!
         

Walk to School Week! May 13th - 17th

Walk to School week starts the day we return from our mid term break, so let's start as we mean to go on - with everyone getting into the spirit of the occasion with 
"ODD SOCKS MONDAY"!
Wear stripes with spots, leopard print with flowers - go as wacky as you like and stride with pride!

                              


Keep checking this blog to see what other themes are in store - there is a different theme each day of the week so lots of opportunity for fun and fitness combined!

A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

HERE IS OUR VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED OUR FOURTH GREEN FLAG FOR SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL!!

A huge thank you to all involved-teachers, parents, Coiste Uaine members and most of all-YOU! The pupils of Mount Anville!
You have walked and scooted, "parked and strided", cycled and carpooled, in all weathers and all year round. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!

As a preliminary celebration, the Coiste Uaine were invited to a "Green Party" in Ms. Naughton's room.
Her green cupcakes went down a treat!

 

The next stage is the award ceremony which takes place in Croke Park on the 21st May.
Watch this space!

Frog!

No sooner was our new pond in place than a number of prospective owners came to view it!
Now  where is he?

 Oh there he is! And he's brought a friend!

Spring!

The weather is warmer, the days are longer and the signs of  spring are everywhere to be seen!
Our annual school spring clean took place on Saturday and the garden got a lot of attention.


A new native hedgerow was planted. This will attract many native minibeasts and birds to our garden once it is established. Thirty trees were donated by the Native Woodland Trust as part of the Trees for Schools programme.Ms. Lambe's class collected the tokens and were lucky enough to win the trees for the school.
They helped to plant the hedgerow against the old brick wall.


Our plastic frog pond was replaced with one of the big Belfast sinks from the old bathrooms - now there's reusing for you! Senior infant girls put our frogspawn back in its new home today. Hopefully it will be hatching into tadpoles over the next few weeks.

 

Easter Bonnets!

Despite the continued awful weather, Mount Anville walkers showed that their enthusiasm is undiminished!

Not only did many girls walk to school in the downpours, but many of them wore eye-catching bonnets!

               

Down to Earth Theatre Company

We had a visit from a theatre company called "Down to Earth". Established in 1991, they perform in schools to promote environmental awareness to children. Their aim is to help young people understand why and how environmental problems effect them and to encourage them to look at ways in which they can help to protect the environment. They were great fun!

St. Patrick's Day Feet on Friday

 St. Patrick's Day Feet on Friday

 

 We had typical St. Patrick's Day weather for our Green Feet on Friday this week, but everyone still got into the spirit of the occasion!