Our Green School committee have been busy examining the ecosystems and habitats we already have in our school. Mr Keely did some lessons on ecosystems with our GSC and we marked some of these on our habitat map of the school grounds before the Christmas break. These included our log piles, our pond, our trees… Read More: New habitats in Holy Trinity »
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it certainly takes a school to re-cover a polytunnel! Holy Trinity grounds were a hive of activity last Thursday and Friday as the pupils and staff took on the considerable task of re-covering the polytunnel. The cover was torn in places and had served… Read More: Polytunnel gets a new spring in its step »
National Tree Week, organised by the Tree Council since 1985 and in partnership with Coillte since 1989, is a week long programme of events to celebrate all things trees. This year it ran from 21-27 March. The pupils of Holy Trinity really enjoyed getting outdoors during the lovely Spring weather, whilst learning about the wonderful… Read More: National Tree Week 2021 »
Lots of planting going on this week across the school, as we get our organic garden reading for the summer. On Friday, the Green Schools Committee planted kale, carrots, cauliflower, beans, chilli, sweetcorn, peppers, tomatoes, courgette and cucumber in modular trays. We look forward to watching their progress in the polytunnel over the coming months.… Read More: Spring planting »
We are so glad to be back in school and working towards our 5th Green Schools flag for Biodiversity. Over the past 2 years, we have been learning about Biodiversity and the important role it plays on our planet. We have also explored the threats to Biodiversity and what role we can all play in… Read More: Green Schools Code for Biodiversity »
Tetra Pak Tree Day 2020 took place on 1 October this year and the pupils of Holy Trinity SNS enjoyed learning about the native Irish trees on our school grounds (check out the photos below). This year’s Tree Day theme was “Be A Force For Nature!” (“Bí i do fórsa don nádúir!”) which focuses on… Read More: Tree Day 2020 »