Tag Archives: The Environment

Laudato ‘Si : Playing Our Part

Meadow Saffron

Pope Francis has written a letter addressed to every person on the planet,

asking us all to look after Planet Earth. It is called Laudato ‘SI.

We can all play our part.

If you click on THIS link from cafod.uk.org you can see

an animation of what Pope Francis has to say.

There are more resources HERE

And the letter itself is on THIS link.

St Brigid’s Junior Tidy Towns Beach Clean April 2019

Hi all,

Many thanks again for facilitating the Junior Tidy Towns St Brigid’s Beach Clean. We had a super turn out but due to very cold winds and all kids running enthusiastically on to the beach we didn’t manage to get a photo all together to show it!

The parents and kids picked up a great amount of general rubbish, plastic, cigarette butts, and parents even picked up a lot of broken glass and metal. Huge thanks to everyone who turned up to help on what ended up being quite a cold day.

Many thanks all!

National Tree Week: Planting trees to combat climate change – March 31st to 7th April, 2019

Tree Week, organised by the Tree Council of Ireland since 1985 is a week long programme of events to celebrate trees and this year the theme is planting for the planet to combat climate change. Rebecca and Aoife, from the Parents’ Association Gardening Committee helped member of the Student Council to plant trees provided by Wicklow County Council.

Forests help reduce climate change effects by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change and emissions of it from man-made sources have been increasing year on year since the 1950s.

Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for growth, convert it to sugars and wood and release pure oxygen back to the atmosphere.

Wicklow County Council has provided us with five Native irish trees, the bud identifier pic above will help you identify which is which. You will have to click on the photo to enlarge it.

Click on THIS link to see the work that was done.

A Spring ‘Makeover’ for the School Grounds

The school grounds received a colourful Spring ‘makeover’ on Friday 25th January, 2019. Pots and window boxes have been replanted. Many thanks to Eimear, grandmother of pupils Ruadhán, Ailbhe and Caoileann, for her generous donation towards these new plants. See the photos below. Thanks too, to parents Rebecca and Aoife who did the planting. The larger pots now hold with evergreen trees should hopefully last a long time. The seasonal bedding plants below the trees add some colour and a taste of Spring. Well done to the ever faithful Parents’ Association Gardening Committee who give so generously of their time, to make the school grounds look so colourful and so welcoming all year round.

Learning about the environment on St. Brigid’s Day

St Brigid of Kildare Lawrence OP via Compfight

St. Brigid’s Day, the 1st February was a busy day for the students of our school. It was St.Brigid’s Day. Sister Evelyn came to visit. The students learned about ‘Laudato Si’; a letter from Pope Francis. In it the Pope talks about the importance of taking care of the environment.

Click on THIS LINK to read more.