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STAFF and students at St Senan’s National School are this week cel- ebrating their fifth green flag!
The school will be presented with the green flag by An Taisce, at a ceremony in Galway tomorrow (Wednesday).
This is the fifth time the school has won the flag, which is awarded to
schools every two years.
The project was co-ordinated by teacher Margaret Murphy and all 102 students played their roles in en- suring the environment was treated well.
During the past year, children at- tending the school have been educat- ed on the importance of reducing the carbon footprint and the impact that transport has on this. They have also
been made aware of the importance of saving water and electricity.
The staff also encouraged the pu- pils to engage in healthy eating poli- cies and cut down on refuse.
School principal Sally O’Neill said the honour is recognition of the ef- fort put in by everybody.
“The discipline of the project is good for the children and a concert- ed effort was put in by everybody.
We have the green flag for 10 years now and to maintain that momentum each time is great. It 1s an achieve- ment to have the five (flags), said Ms O’ Neill.
“It is part of the curriculum pro- gramme and it is topical too. It is 1m- portant that the students understand it as well,’ she added.
The flag will be officially raised in in the next few weeks.