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May 2003 GREEN FLAG IS RAISED IN WHITECHURCH
John Treacy is a great runner. John Treacy has raised the green flag. The green flag is all about keeping our school clean. We got the got green flag from Dublin. About 3 years ago we applied for the green flag. Mr. Culloo went to a meeting in the Park Hotel. We had to set up a green school Commitee, a litter patrol and we had to clean up the school grounds. For the clean up we wore our old clothes and we brought shovels, trowels, sweeping brushes, spades, rakes and other types of gardening tools. We spent most of the day gardening with a very hot sun shining on us. We were also split into teams and Here's another account...May 16th
Green Flag Achieved!
We had a clothes recycling day on the 11th of April. We got lots of bags full. People from everywhere brought clothes to the school. It was reported on the Dungarvan Leader with a photograph. We had of action on the 10th of May. We had a great success. We planted shrubbery over near the oil tank and put bark mulch under all the plants that have grown there, we planted shrubbery going into the blue door, we laid out pebbles and planted shrubbery near the teachers car-park, and we also emptied out the shed. We have been putting out eight wheelie bins for the dump per month and now we are only putting out one per month. We put a big black bin outside in the playground at playtime for sweet and crisp wrappers, which are then put into the wheelie bin, this helps to keep our playground tidy. We put up Eco Kid signs up around the school to help remind the staff and pupils to turn off the lights when you’re leaving the room, not to leave taps running, turn off power switches and to keep recycling. We have a little red bin called an organic bin in each classroom to put our fruit and leftovers into it but we do not put any ham or sandwiches into it and after big lunch a litter patrol goes out and collects up all the bins in the school and puts them into the one then we put all that into a big green organic bin at the back of the school. As well as that we collect up all the paper that have been thrown around during lunch break. At first when we started the litter patrol we were collecting up five times as much as we are now. We are recycling empty ink cartridges from the computers, old mobile phones and mobile phone chargers. Last year the committee made out a sheet to calculate out who goes to school by bus, who walks and who gets dropped off by their parents, and after all that we got the Green Flag. by Bernadette Alissa We had a day of action on Tuseday. We trimmed the grass. We picked up barkmulch and pulled up dead bits of grass off the kerb. We did it before lunch and after. We had a different job after lunch. We got a number and we went into that team. We wore our old clothes. We finished about 1 o'clock.
The Shed Elaine Outside we painted our shed and now it looks like you are under the sea. Lindsey supervised the work and helped us, but we did most of it. Everyone in the school did a bit. It is for a competition and a lot of schools are doing it. Our shed used to be brown and yellow but now it looks much better. I really hope we win because we put a lot of effort into it. So if we win it would be one of the best days I ever had. The Day of Action Lauren We cleaned the yard and cut the grass, and moved branches from the trees.On Friday John Treacy came to put the Green Flag up. We got sweets. When we were putting the green flag up it was raining.
Evie wrote this poem about her dog. She wrote it for her project.
This poem was written by Tony Bradman. It is called "Ibble Obble", and it is great fun to say it aloud. We learned it recently in 1st and 2nd Class. It is about meeting an alien. What would you say to an alien if you met one? How about... I once met an alien who said this to me: Ibble obble bibble bobble bobble bibble ip Dibble Dobble zing bang bop bibble bibble zip zibble zabble I like scrabble Dibble wibble dip Ibble obble bibble bobble dibble nibble ip And I simply had to agree. Why not try to make up your own alien conversation? Sunday on the farmyard. The letters of the words of this poem got mixed up. The first letter of some words has got mixed up with the first letter of the next word. It sounds very very funny.
The mat ceowed, the mow cooed, The bog darked, the kigeon pooed, The squicken chuaked, the surds bang. The quck dacked, the burch rells chang. And then after all dacking and changing, The chacking and the banging, the darking and pooeing, The keowing and the kooing There was a meautiful boment of queace and pieate.
Draughts On the 26th of May 2003 all three teams went to Clashmore to play in the county finals. The under 10s, 12s and 14s got gold medals and now are qualified for the Munster finals which will be held in Limerick University. We will be going up to Limerick on the 12/7/2003. Last year the under 12's and the under14's qualified for the Munster finals. We played Kerry but got beaten.
Miss Mc Donnell was teaching all four classrooms a play. Juniors and Seniors were doing a play called 'Spring' , !st and 2nd were doing a play called 'The Clown who Couldn't Smile' , 3rd and 4th were doing a play called 'The Wizard of Oz' and 5th and 6th were doing a play called 'Cinderella'. We set the play up in Carriglea hall and it was a great success.
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some of the parents came to help too.
The parents also brought some of their own tools. At the end of the day we had the school grounds looking very nice. Stephen, Bernadette, Mrs. Fennell and Mrs. Barry went to a meeting up in Dublin to
receive the green flag. We had to put up a flag pole and a lamp post for the 16th of May. That was the date when John Tracey came to raise the flag. Before the 16th of May we had a mini Day of Action. It wasn't as big or as hard as the first one. Then came the 16th of May. It was a very dull, wet day. There was a slide show in Mr. Culloo's class and tea and cakes were served to the parents. When John Tracey came we all formed a line outside, including the parents. Just when
we were clapping, it started raining, but that didn't stop us. John Tracey raised the flag and gave a speech and we applauded him. After that we ran inside. The green flag is still flying high.
May the 16th was the day that we put up our green flag. It was a wonderful celebration for the school and for the community. John Tracy from Villierstown who won a silver medal in the Olympics came to the school to raise the green flag. In the morning we got the place ready for the parents. We put out tables and put cakes and biscuits on them. We got our slide show ready that the 5th and 6th class made with the help of the teachers. The slide show was about achieving the green flag. All the parents were here at 12:00 and when the clock struck 12:30 John Tracy arrived and we were all set to raise the green flag. When everybody was outside the teachers and John Tracy made a few
announcements and John Tracy raised the green flag. After that the parents and children went in and had a cup of tea, biscuits, crisps and orange. The day was a great success.
