Big Travel Challenge 2025 WINNERS
And the winners are… Green-Schools Travel had a wonderful day out in Dublin Zoo on Thursday, the 3rd of April to celebrate our Regional Winners of the Challenge and to crown our National Winner, Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise as the overall winner of the competition. Midlands Regional Winners Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise were named the National […]
Bike Week 2025
Bike Week is a celebration of active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! “It’s Easy, It’s fun and it’s for everyone” In partnership with the National Transport Authority, this year Green-Schools will celebrate Bike Week from Saturday May 10th until Sunday the 18th. National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesdays/Weekdays) will be held […]
Big Travel Challenge 2025
Take part in this year’s Big Travel Challenge between Tuesday the 4th – Friday the 14th of February 2025 Love Our Health, Love Our Planet for Valentine’s Day Is your school up to The BIG TRAVEL Challenge? With a Valentine’s twist! This year’s Big Travel Challenge begins after St Brigid’s Day bank holiday and ends […]
Teachers Seminars 2024
Teachers’ Seminars for the 2024-25 school year Join us online as we take you through your Green-Schools theme for the year. This seminar is aimed at primary schools, as support for Green-Schools Coordinators. To find out all you need to know about your new theme and how to get started, please join us for one […]
Scoot to School Week 2024
Let’s Get Scooting! National Scoot to School Week will kick off on Monday, June 10th and will run through to Friday 14th, and National SOW (Scoot on Wednesdays/Weekdays) will be held on Wednesday 12th. Keep a record of how many students scooted to school on National SOW to be in with a chance of winning […]
Big Travel Challenge Awards 2024
And the winner is… Ireland’s Travel School of the Year for 2024 is Cappawhite National School, Co. Tipperary! At a ceremony in Haughton House of Dublin Zoo on Thursday, 25th April, five schools were awarded by the Green-Schools Travel Programme following their participation and efforts promoting sustainable and active travel modes to school in […]
Bike Week 2024
Bike Week is a celebration of active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! In partnership with the National Transport Authority, this year Green-Schools will celebrate Bike Week from Saturday May 11th until Sunday the 19th. National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesdays/Weekdays) will be held on Wednesday May 15th. Benefits of […]
Big Travel Challenge 2024
March 4th – March 15th, 2024 10 days of sustainable travel! How will your school take part? Get involved from March 4th to March 15th by promoting sustainable modes of transport in innovative and creative ways in your school. If you’re up for the challenge, we want to hear from you! What are we looking […]
Clean Air Week Banner Competition WINNERS
For Clean Air Week in November, we asked you to design a banner to highlight the importance of No Idling for Clean Air for your school communities. We were so impressed by the hundreds of submissions we received! We chose 5 winners that stood out as a strong visual message, and these five designs will […]
Bike Week 2023
DEADLINE APPROACHING! GET YOUR C.O.W. RESULTS IN BY WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH OF JUNE Bike Week is a celebration of active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! In partnership with the National Transport Authority, this year Green-Schools will celebrate Bike Week from Saturday May 13th until Sunday 21st. National COW Day […]