Our Wonderful Wormery
Michelle from Composting in Schools paid us a visit and brought some little friends from Donegal with her. We're very excited to have our very first wormery at Esker. We're using food waste from the staff compost bins to feed our worms, as they help us to create compost for our raised beds.
The green school committee are taking turns to feed the worms and making sure that the adults in the building are putting the correct food (teabags, fruit and uncooked veg) in the compost bin!
The green school committee are taking turns to feed the worms and making sure that the adults in the building are putting the correct food (teabags, fruit and uncooked veg) in the compost bin!
Biodiversity Flag Raising Ceremony
We got a very important letter from Green Schools in June, informing us that we had been awarded our 5th Green School flag! This is a phenomenal achievement for our school. The Green School Committee have worked really hard over the last 2 years, conducting an environmental review, devising an action plan, monitoring and evaluating our progress, informing our school community and the wider world about the importance of protecting and developing biodiversity at home, at school and beyond. We are thrilled that we have now been awarded a total of 5 GREEN SCHOOL AWARDS!
Our new flag represents all 5 awards in 5 different colours for the following:
1.litter and waste, 2.energy, 3.water, 4.transport and 5.biodiversity.
A huge thank you to everyone who got involved in Green Schools since we began, over 10 years ago! Well done!
Biodiversity Week May 2022
We had a wonderful Biodiversity Week in Esker this year, with workshops from Biodiversity in Schools! Thank you to all the classes who participated and helped us to spread our important Green School message: "It's our duty to protect nature's beauty!"
Informing the School Community
Check out our Powerpoint presentation for our Biodiversity slogan competition! Closing date for entries is Friday 11th March!
| biodiversity_ppt_feb_22.pdf |
Collecting Leaves for Composting
Planting with Barry in Term 1
Tree of the Week 28.05.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is? I'll give you a hint - It is native Irish tree!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
Tree of the Week 21.05.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS: Sameeha from Senior Infants Green, Zimmel from 2nd Red, Romas from 5th Red and Usman from 4th Red
You guessed correctly - it was the CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE or CRANN BLÁTH SILÍNÍ (as Gaeilge)
You guessed correctly - it was the CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE or CRANN BLÁTH SILÍNÍ (as Gaeilge)
Tree of the Week 14.05.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS: Shanslay and Freya from 1st Class Green, Zainab from 6th Green and Romas from 5th Red
You guessed correctly - it was the ALDER TREE or CRANN FEARN (as Gaeilge)
You guessed correctly - it was the ALDER TREE or CRANN FEARN (as Gaeilge)
Tree of the Week 7.05.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS: Zarak from 4th Red, Aryan from 6th Green, Ruby from Senior Infants Green and Renessme from 2nd Green!
You guessed correctly - it was the BIRCH TREE or CRANN BEITH GHEAL (as Gaeilge)
You guessed correctly - it was the BIRCH TREE or CRANN BEITH GHEAL (as Gaeilge)
Irish Hedgehog Survey
The Irish Hedgehog Survey is a citizen science project by researchers in National University of Ireland, Galway with the National Biodiversity Data Centre. You can take part in in the project in a number of ways - by recording hedgehogs wherever you see them, by surveying your gardens for hedgehogs or by taking part in a questionnaire about hedgehogs on the farm. No special skills or knowledge are required to take part! The information provided will help enormously in monitoring hedgehog abundance and distribution in Ireland.
Click on the following link to take part in the Irish Hedgehog Survey : https://www.irishhedgehogsurvey.com/
Click on the following link to take part in the Irish Hedgehog Survey : https://www.irishhedgehogsurvey.com/
Tree of the Week 30.04.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS: Saif from 6th Red, Asl from 3rd Red, Gorsia from 1st Green and Oscar from 2nd Red.
You guessed correctly - it was the OAK TREE or CRANN DARACH (as Gaeilge)
You guessed correctly - it was the OAK TREE or CRANN DARACH (as Gaeilge)
Tree of the Week 23.04.21
Can you guess what our Tree of the Week is?
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
BONUS QUESTION: Can you name this tree as Gaeilge?
You could be in with a chance of winning a DIGITAL HOMEWORK PASS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS: Arnas from 6th Green and Darsham from 1st Red!
You guessed correctly - it was the WILLOW TREE or SAILEOG (as Gaeilge)
You guessed correctly - it was the WILLOW TREE or SAILEOG (as Gaeilge)
