This is St Bernard’s Eco-Committee 2017-19
‘School Grounds’ is one of the areas our Eco-Committee decided to work on in our present Eco-Schools
Action Plan.
The Eco-Committee worked alongside the school’s Health & Well-being Committee and the Pupil Council to improve our school yard and playground.
This has been an overwhelming success!!
The photos here show a fantastic improvement in our School Grounds. All pupils are improving their heath and well-being and fitness, as well as having great fun in our yard at intervals and after-school clubs.
This is St Bernard’s Eco -Committee 2016-2017.
We have 28 members in our Eco-Committee this year, ranging from P1-P7.
As there are so many members in P4, P6 and P7, the pupils serve for a term each.
This will be a very busy year for us as we are hoping to renew our ‘Green Flag Status’ which means we are working towards our 6th Green Flag.
The 3 topics we are concentrating on this year are –
LITTER, TRANSPORT and SUSTAINING OUR WORLD.
Watch this space for more Eco news throughout the year.
Bug Hunt – biodiversity close up
We examined all kinds of bugs.
Apples on our apple trees – we had a great harvest in Autumn 2016
October 2016- Wormeries
We made wormeries so that we could study the function of worms in our earth.
Studying our wormeries – looking at the tunnels in the soil made by the worms
December 2016 – Our new bird table
We are feeding the birds through the winter months. We will observe, count and study the different kinds of birds at our bird table.
December 2016- Planting winter garlic bulbs
We planted winter garlic bulbs to grow through the winter months.
February 2017 – Making fat balls for our bird table
March 2017 – Avocado Seeds
We monitored what happens when avocado seeds are placed in water.
Planting
We planted runner beans, baby carrots and cress.
May 2017
Growing tomato plants