This article is from page 17 of the 2011-06-07 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 17 JPG
AN INITIATIVE by students at one Ennis primary school to encourage the re-use of household items has been given the thumbs up by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Holy Family Senior School was the overall winner in Clare County Council’s ‘Give and Take’ competition, in association with the Free Trade Ireland website.
On Friday last, a delegation from the school attended the County Council offices for a presentation from the Mayor of Clare, Christy Curtin. The school received a new laptop while sixth class student Aoife Flouch won the overall students prize of a € 100 One-for-All voucher.
Teacher Eilís Sheedy explained, “Following this success, we were invited to Castlebar to the official launch of the Free Trade Ireland website. A delegation travelled to Castlebar on May 30. There, we were privileged to meet the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who commended Aoife and the school on our success in the competition.”
FreeTrade Ireland is a web service designed to facilitate and encourage the reuse of household and business items.
There was also success for the Holy Family in the latest round of the Green Flag awards. The school received its second Green Flag at a ceremony in the Galway Bay Hotel on May 25. The school was commended for its initiatives on energy conservation. The school’s green code is “Wasting energy is not cool, turn off the lights and save our fuel.”
An Taisce awarded 14 Green Flags to Clare schools under the Green Schools programme
Clonmoney NS was awarded its first Green Flag for its work on litter and waste. A further 13 schools received Green Flags for their work on energy, water and travel including: Dangan NS; Holy Family Junior School, and Holy Family Senior School, Ennis; Lissycasey NS; Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna; Scoil na Mainistreach, Quin; Tubber NS; Clohanes NS; Colaiste Muire, Ennis; Scoil Realt na Mara in Kilkee; St Caimin’s Community School, Shannon; Querrin NS and Drumdigus NS.