Green Flag

We at St. John’s Junior Schools are delighted to be part of the Green School’s Initiative. We have achieved four green flags to date. Our first flag was for Litter and Waste, the second was awarded for Energy, our third flag is for Water and our most recent flag is for Travel.

Our Green Flag Committee is made up of pupils from First and Second class. 

Our Green Flag committee is made up of representatives from First and Second class. We include Senior Infants after Easter each year.

They work very hard to maintain the flags we have achieved while working towards our next flag. 

As part of our efforts to cut down waste, we ask that the children use re-useable flasks and bottles for their drinks, rather than single use plastics and cartons. We are delighted with the response to this request and the use of single use plastics has reduced from 100% to 6%. We are aiming to eliminate single use plastics completely.

Our parents have made some great pieces of Art using recycled materials. They really brighten up the school.

The Second Classes took part in the Picker Pals programme. The children took home the Picker Pal Pack and tidied their local areas. 

We were also delighted to win the Kilkenny Picker Pals Quiz and Mayor Andrew McGuinness presented us with our prize, a book voucher. 

Our second Green Flag was awarded for Energy efficiency. We are very conscious about our energy usage and our new classrooms have smart lighting systems. We teach the children about the importance of saving energy at home and in school and they are all familiar with Guzzler. He is not very good with energy and wastes a lot of it. The children help him to be more energy efficient and hopefully they will learn ways of saving energy too!

We were awarded our third green flag for water! Well done to everyone who worked so hard to achieve it, especially the green flag committee. 

We are lucky to be so close to the River Nore. We went on a River Walk to see some of the wildlife that live along the River Nore. We saw two fox cubs playing on the river bank! All the children wore wear blue to raise awareness of the importance of water to all living things.

We are learning all about water and the importance of keeping it clean and conserving it. The Green Flag committee found some interesting facts about water.

Did you know up to 8 litres of water can be lost by letting the tap run while brushing your teeth!!