Green Schools | St. Josephs National School Macroom

Coill na nÓg – Hedgerow Planting

by Office | Dec 15, 2025 | Green Schools

Michelle and Zuzanna proudly represented St Joseph’s Green Schools Committee at Cork County Council’s launch of Coill na nÓg in Tom Creedon Park today. Coill na nÓg is a native tree & hedgerow planting initiative in partnership with Eflow with the...

Bí Cineálta and Green Flag Raising 🏳💚💓

by Office | Jun 16, 2025 | General School Activities, Green Schools, Student Council, Wellbeing

We had a very special ceremony in school today where we raised both our Bí Cineálta Flag and our Green School’s Flag. A huge thank you to Ms.Ivory and the Student Council and Ms.Dineen and Mr.O’Mahony and the Green School’s Committee for all of their...

Gum Litter Roadshow in Macroom!

by Office | Jun 12, 2025 | Green Schools

Our Green Schools Committee were very excited to attend the Gum Litter Roadshow held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the 10th of June. We partook in fun games and received some goody bags before partaking in a photo shoot. We were joined by Deputy Mayor of Cork County,...

Action Day with Macroom Tidy Towns!

by Office | May 9, 2025 | Green Schools

On Wednesday, the 30th of April 2025, every student in St. Joseph’s took part in a litter pick up in association with Macroom Tidy Towns. Síle and Liam from the Tidy Towns joined us for the day and we were very appreciative of their time and generosity. This...

Walk on Wednesday 12th of February

by Office | Feb 13, 2025 | Green Schools

St Joseph’s and St Mary’s Green Schools Committee collaborated to arrange a walk to school day on Wednesday the 12th of February 2025. 5th and 6th class pupils from St Joseph’s were joined by the St. Mary’s Green School Committee at the old...

Check out our Water Designs 💧

by Office | Feb 10, 2025 | Green Schools, Sixth Class

Following on from our Workshop before Christmas, these were how the prototypes turned out. The girls had a great time presenting their prototypes to David and Birgit and selected which prototype would be sent on to the Green Schools. We then had a workshop later in...