1. Green Flag Presentation BY HERONSTOWN NS

2. Action Plan.WE REDUCED THE WEIGHT OF OUR WASTE BIN BY 1/3.TEACH CHILDREN TO SEPARATE THEIR WASTE INTO THE CORRECT BIN.MAKE A GREEN SCHOOL MOTTO.GREEN SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD.USE RECYCLED MATERIAL FOR ART.PHOTOCOPY BOTH SIDES OF PAPER.STOP LITTER IN THE PLAYGROUND.START COMPOSTING FOR SCHOOL GARDEN.CHILDREN BRING REUSABLE DRINK AND LUNCH CONTAINERS TO SCHOOL

3. Weighing The Bins WE WEIGH OUR BINS FORTNIGHTLY OUR AVERAGE FOR THE WASTE BIN IS 8KG. BEFORE WE STARTED THE GREEN SCHOOLS WE DID NOT RECYCLE. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DECREASED THE WEIGHT IN ALL OUR BINS. WE REDUCED OUR WASTE BY A THIRD.

4. Reducing Waste WE ARE USING RECYCLED PAPER. We have these bins to separate our waste in each class. We also reuse our materials for art.

5. Our Composting WE COMPOST LEAVES, LEFTOVER FRUIT FROM OUR LUNCH, TEA BAGS AND GRASS CUTTINGS. WE PLAN TO USE THIS COMPOST IN OUR SCHOOL GARDEN.

6. Reducing Litter LITTER IS A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT IRELAND. REDUCING LITTER IN OUR SCHOOL WILL IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO LITTER BLACKSPOTS IN OUR SCHOOL, AT THE WALL AND ALONG THE HEDGES. WE HAVE LITTER MONITORS WHICH COLLECT THIS RUBBISH EVERY DAY AT LUNCH TIME.

7. School Motto HERONSTOWN IS THE BEST AROUND KEEPING CLEAN KEEPING GREEN WE REALLY WANT THAT FLAG AROUND KEEPING CLEAN KEEPING GREEN.

8. Green schools board IN HERONSTOWN SCHOOL WE USE OUR GREEN SCHOOLS BOARD TO EDUCATE OUR VISITORS ON THE GREEN FLAG.

9. School website Heronstownschool.com is the name of our website

10. Heronstown Green School Sketch

11. We hope we win a green flag for our school.