Green schools action day! Great work done by every class. It was very clear from all the projects that Talbot knows about Biodiversity. Thanks to Mr. Stuart for the quiz! Keep up the good work everyone!
Green Team and Student Council Trip
On Wednesday the Green Team and the Student Council went on a trip into town. We left the school at 11.15 and went to the Natural History Museum first. It was amazing – Anna liked the butterflies best and Reece was very interested in a monkey from Peru as they’re studying Peru in his class. […]
Our Green Flag for Travel
On Friday we brought home our 4th Green Flag to our school. Emmanuel, Shannon and Graham did a great job in representing the school at the award ceremony. Well done to everyone in the school who worked so hard to get the Green Flag and keep up the good work. Hopefully we will have a […]
Doctor Bike
Kathryn Poxon did four ‘Doctor Bike’ workshops on Monday. Basic maintainance of bikes and how to fix a puncture were her themes. The children who participated enjoyed the experience. [nggallery id=51]
CHECK IT OUT
Check out the wonderful new fantastic mural in the hall. Well done to Stephen and Louise and all the children who helped to paint it and especially to Lauren Staunton who picked the colours for Environman. [nggallery id=28]
Walkability Audit
On Friday we did a walkability audit on some routes to school in the area with Kathryn from An Taisce. We turned left outside the school and walked up towards Melrose. W e turned right at Melrose Green and walked towards Lindisfarne Park. Then we walked along the path by the main road and turned […]
Working in the Garden
There’s great work going on in the garden at the moment. All the 6th classes have sown their salads and some of the seed has germinated. Hopefully we will have a salad party before they leave in June. Ms Doherty’s 5th class has planted their cabbage and carrots and Mr Byrne’s class have sown their […]
Work in the Garden
Frank and Jason made us some new timber surrounds for the beds in the garden. So on Friday with the help of Frank and some strong lads from 6th class we placed in the surrounds and the lads filled up the wheelbarrows with compost and topsoil and filled up 3 beds. These beds are now […]
School Garden
On Tuesday last Ms Harrington’s class came to the garden and started the job of taking up the daffodil bulbs to store them for next spring. They did a great job and nearly cleared all the beds. Well done!
Feeding the Birds
Since the cold weather started we have been feeding the birds. Mr Byrne’s class made a great bird feeder out of an empty plastic bottle and we hung it up on our bird feeding station, along with our other feeders. Sean is in charge of feeding the birds and he never forgets. Every day he […]