by Anne Marie Gildea | Oct 21, 2025 | All News, Green Schools, Middle
In spring, 3rd Class and 2nd Class planted pumpkin seeds. We filled plastic pots with soil. We watered the seeds. We put the plastic pots in a tray. There were three trays. We put the trays on the windowsill. We checked them every day. After three weeks we saw them...
by Barry Meehan | Oct 8, 2025 | All News, Green Schools, Middle, Senior
The Sunflower seeds were planted in the spring by 2nd and 3rd class. Frankie the gardener helped them. They grew very high during the summer. It’s Autumn now and 4th and 5th class were working with Frankie in the garden. We cut the heads off the sunflowers. The heads...
by Barry Meehan | Oct 7, 2025 | All News, Green Schools, Senior
Fifth and sixth class went out into the garden where last year’s 6th class had planted potatoes. We all split up in groups of 4. There were 4 people in 4 groups. We all took turns picking out potatoes. Some of the potatoes were green. They looked like apples. They had...
by Barry Meehan | Jun 26, 2025 | All News, Green Schools
Our Green school’s committee deservedly achieved our 5th Green flag for Biodiversity. The girls and boys in our school have worked very hard over the last two years to learn about and improve biodiversity in our school and the wider school community. Zainab and...
by Barry Meehan | Feb 5, 2025 | Green Schools
Bug hotels and bird feeders are a great way to help biodiversity at Magherabeg. They give insects and birds a safe place to live and find food. Bugs like ladybirds and bees use bug hotels to rest and lay their eggs. These insects help our garden by pollinating flowers...
by Barry Meehan | Dec 4, 2024 | All News, Green Schools
We are currently working to achieve our 5th green flag. The theme we are working on is Biodiversity. We have done lots of work so far. Here are some of the things in our action plan: Renewed the Green Schools Committee. Reminded all classes about using bins...
