Green Schools Committee
Our green schools committee is composed of 2nd year students who are interested in making a difference in the school. They elect a chairperson and secretary and decide on matters to address. We are currently raising awareness in the area of waste, ways to reduce, sort out and recycle. We hope to introduce a Presentation Secondary School drinking bottle to reduce our use of single use plastic bottles and have a plastic-free canteen.
Energy Flag
What have we been doing?
We have an Energy Squad in the school, They are responsible for turning off lights and closing doors and windows at lunchtime and 3.40.
We have posted signs on light switches and doors to encourage students to turn off lights and close doors.
We have carried out surveys in the school to highlight areas where energy is being lost.
We held a low energy day to highlight ways in which we waste energy.
Survey areas in the school re –Lighting, heating, insulation etc and display of our findings on our Green Schools board.
We held a Lightless Christmas Tree competition
We carried out a Temperature Survey in all of the classrooms and identified areas where we have temperatures too high or too low.
We joined the Walk on Wednesday campaign with the other schools in Mitchelstown.
We had an Action Day, students dressed in green and were involved in a Treasure hunt and filming a song to raise awareness about Energy saving.
“Go Green it’s the new Scene”
Green Code - “Go Green it’s the new Scene” is the school’s main code.
New slogans were added specifically involving energy after carrying out a slogan competition - these are:
”Warm your core close the door”
“Be a miser, use energy wiser”
“Múch an solas, Dún an doras”
“One Flick will do the trick”
“Everybody’s raving about saving”