Energy Flag  

Ballyowen Meadows Special School elected new Green-Schools Committee in September 2020. We have lots of events planned for this year to help achieve our Energy Flag. Keep checking our link on the website for the latest news. 

Action Plan  

Here is our Action Plan for the Energy Flag. Please let us know if you have any suggestions that could be added to our Action Plan. Remember the Green-Schools Project is a whole school initiative and we want to hear your opinion.
Green-Schools-Action-Plan

Green-Schools Notice Board
 
This is our Green-Schools Notice Board which was created by members of our committee. Make sure to have a look the next time you pass as we have some great energy saving tips on display!! 

Green-Schools Committee
Our Green-Schools Committee meet once a month to discuss all matters relating to the Green-Schools. There is one member from each class, caretaker, secretary and teacher:  

Preschool: Aron
Class 1: Kyle
Class 2 : Cal
Class 3: Oliver
Class 4: Mahad
Class 5: Jamie
Class 6 : Jamie
Class 7 : Lee
Caretaker Gerard
Secretary Colette 

Green-School Co–ordinator Miona

 

Tree day   

The Tree Council of Ireland along with Tetra Pak are giving away up to 1,500 Irish native Scots Pine tree saplings for Tetra Pak Tree Day 2020 and our school got one.
Ballyowen Meadows Committee applied and got a native Scots Pine sapling and take the pledge. The forest pledge is a special promise to always do your best to be a lifelong friend of the environment.  Here are some photos of  us planting the sapling tree. 

   

 

Green Code Competition

The Green-Schools committee have  organised a competition in order to pick our Energy Green code. Every class has been asked to write their own Green code.  The adults on the Green-Schools committee are going to pick the winning class. Have a look at some of the entries. The winner will be announced after Mid-term 🙂  

Preschool – Turn Off the Light, it is already bright! 

Class 1 – When you go out, turn off the lights. 

Class 2 – Be a power saver! 

Class 3 – Switch off save Energy 

Class 4 – ‘Be a bright spark, only lights on when it’s dark!’  

Class 5 – Switch off the light it is right  

Class 7 – If it is nice and bright, turn off the light.