The Big Travel Challenge 2019

All the pupils in Bunscoil Bhóthar na Naomh were anxious to get involved in the Big Travel Challenge again this year. We conducted a survey on the modes of transport  used on Thursday February 14th.

Class:	Walk	Cycle	Scooter	Car	Bus	Park and Stride
Junior Inf Ms Maher	2	0	0	12	3	0
Junior  Inf Mrs O’Mahony	4	0	0	11	0	1
Senior Infs Ms Killigrew	8	0	0	8	4	0
Senior Infs Mrs. Beecher	6	0	0	8	6	0
First Class Mr Phelan	5	0	0	15	5	0
First Class Ms O’Mahony	2	0	0	15	4	0
Second Class Ms Prendergast	4	0	0	23	6	1
Third Class Mrs Morrison	5	0	2	17	6	5
Fourth Mrs O’Mahony	9	0	0	18	3	0
Fourth/Fifth Mr Prendergast	12	3	1	13	5	3
Fifth/ Sixth  Class Mr Smith	6	1	1	13	2	1
Sixth Class Mr Prendergast	7	0	1	16	7	1
Total	70	4	5	179	51	12

We started on February 18th from the Hotel Car Park. All the children were eager to increase the numbers who walk to school everyday. For the next ten days, the Green Team members count the number who walk to school everyday and record it on the Big Travel Challenge Board.

                                                                        Ready to go!!


For ten consecutive mornings, pupils, parents and teachers met in the Hotel car park to undertake the 750 metre walk to our school. We increased our numbers daily and reached a dizzy height of 111 children walking to school on two days during the challenge.

Our Travel Challenge Notice board

Reduce Single Use Plastic Bottles

The Green School team wanted to reduce recycling in school and protect the environment. They decided to survey all classes regarding the use of single use plastic bottles. This is the result of the survey on 24/01/'19.

Class	No. using Plastic Bottles	No. using re-usable bottles
Junior Infants Mrs O’Mahony	5	11
Junior Infants Mr. Maher	2	6
Senior Infants Mrs. Killigrew	1	17
Senior Infants Mrs. Beecher	8	13
First Class Ms O’Mahony	5	22
First Class Mr. Phelan	8	17
Total	29	86

 

Class	No. using Plastic Bottles	No. using re-usable bottles
Third Class Mrs Morrison	8	31
Fourth Class Mrs O’Mahony	7	21
Second Class Ms. Prendergast	1	26
Sixth Class Mr. Prendergast	8	17
Fourth/Fifth Mr. Prendergast	13	18
Fifth/Sixth   Mr. Smith	9	20
Total	46	133

Next, we created an information board highlighting the harm plastic can do to the environment, animals and life in the oceans.

All the teachers have supported the campaign to reduce the use of single use plastic bottles in school.
Here are some of the shocking facts we learned about plastic pollution:


Plastic bottles take almost 1000 years to decompose
Almost every piece of plastic ever made exists today!
Plastic is killing almost 1.1 million seabirds and animals each year
73% of beach litter is plastic
The average time that a plastic bag is used for is.......12 minutes!