Green Schools

Scoil Bhríde Clane is dedicated to promoting the Green Schools initiative run by An Taisce. Green Schools is an environmental education programme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole-school action for the environment.

The Green Schools is an initiative in the school which we work on every school year on a whole school level. The whole school is dedicated to making our school an environmentally friendly place to be. Each year a green school committee is set up with children from fourth to sixth class.

Over the years we have worked hard as a whole school to reduce our litter and waste by reusing and recycling as much as possible. The green schools work collaboratively with teachers and come up with many different initiatives and various action days. We have invited Clane Tidy Towns into our school to talk to us about how we can work together to keep our town clean.

We are proud of the seven flags we have received to date and are currently working towards achieving our Biodiversity Flag.

The Green Schools committee engage in the following activities:

• Introduced composting into the school.
• Collaborated with local tidy towns.
• Litter picking.
• Monitored waste and litter in the school.
• Recycled art lessons (junk art).
• Planting.
• Recycling in each class.