Kilrane N.S. is a proud Green School’s participant. We have just been informed that we have earned the green flag for our current theme Global Citizenship Marine Environment.

To earn a green flag, you must carry out certain actions. To earn this theme’s flag, we carried out surveys of the children's awareness of marine litter. Many classes took part in webinars, workshops and projects like the Seakeepers Project learning about native marine species. 

Last year 5th and 6th class engaged in the Marine Explorers project which saw them go on a beach trip and create artwork from litter they collected. On our WOW day we had a visit from John Hickey from Bord Iascaigh Mhara. John brought real lobsters to school and the children learned about sustainable fishing for lobster and their conservation.

We have also maintained other previous themes like Litter & Waste, Travel and Biodiversity. The bins are monitored by the Green Schools Committee. We also encourage everyone to donate plastic bottles and cans to our orange ReTurn bin located beside the Magic Room. 

Third class have been taking part in Picker Pals which sees the pupils take turns to do a litter pick in their locality at the weekend. The boys and girls have done a fantastic job!

Our school garden has been moved following the construction of our new running track and we look forward to planting all our raised beds! 

Don’t forget to send in used batteries so we can recycle them correctly. Thank you to all the boys and girls for bringing their school lunches and containers home so that our school can stay Green!