We celebrated our 8th Green Flag – Global Citizenship and Marine Environment – on the 29th of September. We hosted a flag raising ceremony for our whole school community to mark this significant occasion. It was a very proud day for Cloonakilla NS. We were honoured to share our ceremony with the Amber Flag Committee and celebrate their second Amber Flag.
Jonathan Jones, (Environmental Officer, Roscommon County Council) raised the flag with our Green Schools Committee. Jonathan praised our Green Schools Committee and our school for all our hard work, dedication and the ongoing collective effort that has gone into making our school community, a model of environmental responsibility.
The Green Flag and the Amber Flag symbolize our school’s collective efforts to build a better future, one that is greener, healthier and more compassionate. Well done to all involved!
Ciaran Hussey (Travel Officer, Green Schools Programme) visited our school at the end of October. He introduced our new theme Global Citizenship and Travel to all classes. The ultimate aim of this theme is to increase the number of students walking, cycling, scooting, and using public transport or carpooling to school. The programme will run for a two-year duration. There are 7 steps to each Green School theme. We will be focusing on step 2 – Environmental Review and Step 3 – Action Plan for the remainder of this term. 4th, 5th and 6th classes will take part in a Travel Survey this month. The Green Schools Committee will carry out a walkability audit and speed survey this month as part of our Environmental Travel Review with Ciaran Hussey.
At some point this term it would be greatly appreciated if parents/guardians could talk to the children at home about road safety. Road Safety will be a focus in our action plan for our travel theme in Cloonakilla NS.
