Coill na nÓg – Hedgerow Planting
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 support of local...
Bí Cineálta and Green Flag Raising 🏳💚💓
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 fantastic work....
Gum Litter Roadshow in Macroom!
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!
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 action...
Walk on Wednesday 12th of February
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 Lidl car park at 8:40 am....
Check out our Water Designs 💧
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...
Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour
Ray and Paul at Macroom Wastewater Treatment Plant were kind enough to give an extensive tour of the site to the St Joseph's Green Schools Committee. Ray also completed a science experiment with the girls showing them how dirt is filtered out of our drinking water to...
Water Workshop
The 6th Class girls had a Green Schools Workshop based on water and sanitation last week. During this workshop they focused on Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation. They were tasked to create a design based on this development goal and present...
Biodiversity Talk 🌳🍃🌼🦊🐿🦔
Louis O’Sullivan, the local Conservation Ranger for the Macroom area gave a talk to our 4th, 5th and 6th classes last Friday about the importance of biodiversity and the kinds of species they might see in Ireland and Macroom. He gave a presentation and displayed the...
Town Hall Travel Hub Meeting
Our Green School Committee members represented the school in a very mature manner on Thursday, April 30th 2024. The girls joined their compatriots from McEgan College, St. Mary’s and St. Coleman’s at a travel hub meeting held in the Town Hall. Many local politicians...