We went on a Mini beast Hunt around our school! Mrs. McDaniel came in to talk to the Junior and Senior Infants and helped us identify the mini beasts we found! Mrs. McDaniel is a Zoologist and works with the Green Schools Committee. We found several different types of mini
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Today, a man called Niall Lydon from Galway, came to the school to talk to us about recycling. He talked to us about not throwing electrical items away. We learned from him that we can recycle most things in the world like kettles, Xboxes, PS3s, washing machines etc. His rule was that anything that can be plugged in or has batteries can be recycled.
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The Green School Committee organised a ‘WOW Day’ in our school on Wednesday. We tried to walk all or part of the way to school, 147 of us walked to school! We enjoyed the exercise and also helped our environment by not using cars. When we arrived at school our Green School Committee had a drink and a sticker for us! We are going to try to keep
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A bird built her nest in my tree house! She laid four eggs and they hatched! The chicks are getting bigger now and I can see them change every week! Josh, 2nd Class
We did an experiment in class about the Water Cycle. You need a large bowl, a small sugar bowl, cling film and a sliotar. We put the sugar bowl into the large bowl and put hot water into the large bowl. Then we put the cling film on top of the large bowl. Then we put the sliotar on top of the cling film
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Yesterday we went out to our organic garden. A lady called Ciara from the Organic Centre in Rossinver came to help us make a willow fedge around our organic garden. A fedge is a cross between a hedge and a fence. The type of willow tree we used is called basket willow. It is good for making a fedge because you can bend it a lot
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