Food and Biodiversity Week will run from the 17th through the 21st of April. There will be lots of resources for classes and engaging talks to join in. Keep an eye on the event page at https://greenschoolsireland.org/food-and-biodiversity-week-2023/ for resource and registration links.
National Tree Week takes place from Sunday, 20th March to Saturday, 26th March. Green-Schools will provide a range of activities, presentations, and more, to mark this week and celebrate the importance of trees! Head on over to https://greenschoolsireland.org/tree-week-2023/ to register and get your resources!
Happy World Book Day! We at Green-Schools love our books, and our staff wanted to share a few of their favourites with a Green Theme for you to enjoy. With something for readers of all ages to enjoy... 1. Are you familiar with our Global Goals Book Club? There are great resources here for [...]
13 Green-Schools completed Primary Climate Ambassador training in December with Gráinne and Monica. These schools have been awarded all ten Green Flags and are now exploring project-based climate actions themed around waste, energy, water, transport and biodiversity. Watch their carbon credits increase as they complete challenges in class, moving up the leaderboard. A [...]
The Green-Schools Biodiversity Team is delighted to invite you to a week-long celebration of biodiversity, taking place from Monday 23rd May to Friday 27th May. We have an exciting line-up of talks, presentations, discussions, and activities, taking place. Scroll down to access videos for all age groups, and activities. The Live Talks The Live [...]
We are all spending a lot more time at home, working, learning and playing all within our 2-5km zones. Green-Schools students, more than ever, are spending more time outdoors connecting with nature. With fewer cars on the roads and planes in the air we have a better chance of hearing birds singing, bees buzzing and [...]
To celebrate the end of the fifth year of The Great Plant Hunt project we have picked out some of the best moments, pictures and stories from each year. This project was an initiative of Toyota Europe and FEE and supported our Biodiversity schools to learn more about the wildlife around them. With about 450 schools and over 70,000 students [...]
The Irish landscape is in the middle of its amazing annual colour-change, from the lush greens of the summer to the beautiful oranges, yellows and browns of Autumn. Bright red berries cling in great numbers to so many trees and bushes at the moment. This is the perfect time to be appreciating the abundance in [...]
The Autumn season is rolling in and the turning natural landscape provides a spectacular setting for outdoor class lessons. Registration for the Toyota ‘The Great Plant Hunt’ is now open and Green-Schools are delighted to invite primary schools working on the Biodiversity theme to participate as part of the Green-Schools programme. This is the third year this exciting [...]