To celebrate Pride this month, we have highlighted the link between Pride and the SDG's with new resources exploring empathy and family dynamics, and how queer history links with climate action. Enjoy! Agents of Change: resource for upper primary and secondary students The Empathy Melody: resource for 1st - 4th class [...]
On the 17th of May, 2023 we celebrated our Water Award Winners at a ceremony in Castleknock Hotel, Dublin. The event acknowledged the achievements of the Water Poster and Video Competition winners and runners up, Water Ambassadors and Water Schools of the Year. Poster and Video Competition Winners 2023 JUNIOR [...]
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Bike Week Poster Competition which celebrated Bike Week 2023. This year we asked entrants to describe their Bike Journey using a Sensory Map, to help capture the experience of their bike ride. A Sensory Map notes down what you see and hear along the way [...]
The annual #AndSheCycles awards ceremony was held on May 4th at Richmond Barracks in Dublin with many ambassadors and their teachers attending on the day. Girls were given an activity to do upon arrival (decorate bike wheels with colourful strips of fabric), while they enjoyed hot beverages, juice, fruit and cupcakes. Ciara Norton opened [...]
World Oceans Day is being celebrated on June 8th. Help us highlight the importance and the role the ocean has in our life and the planet, by raising awareness throughout your schools and communities. Whether you live on the coast or inland, we all need a healthy ocean to survive and thrive. The ocean generates [...]
Our Green-Schools Programme has wrapped up its awards season with 15 ceremonies across the country throughout the month of May. Following three years of online award ceremonies, we were delighted to return to in-person ceremonies in eight locations around Ireland for schools in every county. Green-Schools is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, with [...]
The aim of this online course is to empower primary teachers to confidently explore climate change as part of the curriculum and encourage climate action in school communities. Course Content Introduction to Climate Change Climate Science Climate Solutions & Communications Green-Schools Climate Action The course has been fully accredited by Drumcondra Education Centre on [...]
The Green-Schools Travel Programme and Safe Routes to School have welcomed the release of the 2022 Census Summary Results focused on commuting. The headline figures have shown a decrease in car usage for the first time ever for children being driven to school, and a marked increase in the number of teenage boys and girls [...]
The Green-Schools Summer Course, entitled “Green-Schools and the Global Goals” is happy to announce that we are running the course in person (face-to-face) this year from July 3rd-7th, 2023. The course will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm daily. Each day focuses on a Green-Schools theme and an overarching Global Goal. By the end of the week [...]
Discover lots of enjoyable indoor and outdoor resources along with short videos for junior classes in our Species of the Day Activity Sheets. Monday Pondlife Webinar with GLOBE Ireland. Learn about frogs, dragonflies and more life beneath the surface of a pond. Discover the many benefits of ponds that we might [...]
