Active School Flag Programme 

Since 2016, your school has been working towards achieving the Active School Flag to promote a physically educated and active school community.

Key Focus Areas & Benefits

• Goal: To achieve a physically educated and physically active school community.

• Core Principle: The school ensures that physical literacy forms the core of all Physical Education (PE) lessons, with a strong focus on fundamental movement skills.

• Benefits of Activity: Being active provides numerous benefits, including:

  • Improved health.

  • Increased self-esteem.

  • Greater concentration levels.

  • Development of teamwork skills.

• Student Leadership: The Sports Council represents the school in all sporting matters and actively spreads the Active School message.

• Facilities: The school utilises its outdoor classroom and Active School Walkway to support physical activity.

Green School Flag

 Key Focus Areas & Benefits

• Long-Term Commitment: It is not a one-off project but a continuous process that involves the whole school community (students, teachers, and parents).

• Aims: The primary goal is to increase awareness of environmental issues through classroom study and translate that knowledge into positive environmental action within the school and the wider community.

• Beyond Environment: It fosters a strong sense of citizenship, leadership, and teamwork among participants. It also democratizes school management by involving students in decision-making and making them responsible for their actions.

• Thematic Focus: The programme is organized around 9 key themes that schools work through sequentially to earn a flag:

  • Litter and Waste

  • Energy

  • Water

  • Travel

  • Biodiversity

  • Global Citizenship (Litter & Waste, Energy, Marine Environment, Travel)

• Award: Schools that successfully complete all elements of the programme are awarded the internationally recognized Green-Flag, an Eco-Label that must be renewed every two years.

Curious Minds Programme 

Curious Minds is a national programme managed by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) designed to encourage interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among primary school children.

Since 2010, the programme has partnered with the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) Ireland. This partnership leverages the theme of space to further inspire and engage young people in science and technology. Check out the following links;

General Web Sites

• BP Science Resources

• Chem4kids

• Science on stage

• Primary Science Resources UK

• Science and Plants for Schools

• Royal Society of Chemistry

• IOP Marvin and Milo Cartoons

• Phet Simulations

• Practical Work in Primary Science

• Science projects

Ecology Web links

• Wild Things at School

• Derek Mooney School Watch

• Kew Gardens

• Irish Wildflowers

• Identifying Leaves

• Labelling a flower (interactive activitiy)

Sound Web Links

• Junior Infants Match the sound from Magic School Bus

• BBC Changing Sounds

• Crick Web Identifying and Sorting Sounds

• Interactive sound ruler for hearing (decibels)