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Action Clean Up 2015

We planned to have our annual Clean-up day on Wednesday 22nd of April.   Luckily the day was warm and sunny.  We had normal lessons until lunchtime.

                 At 1:15 we got our hi-vis jackets and litter aprons.  Some pupils wore gloves and others had litter pickers.  We had different coloured sacks: green for general refuse, blue for plastic bottles and gold for cans.  Before leaving the school, our teacher Mrs Dowling took a group photo.

                   Then we were divided into three groups.  At the crossroads Miss Treanor turned left with the Third Class boys while teacher and the rest of us went towards the village.  We picked up a lot of litter on the way.  I was able to get the litter in the bushes because I had a litter picker.  Most people had plastic gloves.

                     When we arrived in the park, I went to the Butterfly Garden.  Others went to the Biodiversity Garden.  Soon we got back out onto the road again.  We walked down Barrack Hill and stopped at the Horse Pond.  My uncle Gareth who was mowing the grass took our photo and told us about life in Glaslough in the early 1900’s.

                      After that we all walked to the fountain and waited for our teacher.  We had no idea where she went.  Suddenly she came back with a big bag of ice-pops.  They were lovely and cool in the hot sun.  After that we had a fun walk back to the school where it was almost home time.

                     I will be looking forward to next year!

                                                              Niall Corrigan 4th Class,
                                                                   G.S. Biodiversity Committee.


Action Clean-up Day 2014

This year`s Annual Green Schools` Action Day took place on Friday 2nd May. The whole school took part. Infants to Second cleaned the school grounds while Third to Sixth targeted the approach roads. The weather was perfect and the children did an excellent job.
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Third and Fourth Class pupils with Classroom Assistant Miss Bothwell ready and eager for action. Wearing apron, gloves and high-visibility vests supplied by An Taisce, they cleaned the area between St. Mary`s school and Glaslough Village which is 1km in distance.
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They were divided into teams carrying different litter bags: bottles, cans and general refuse.

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What looked like a relatively clean stretch of road yielded lots of unwanted materials when this army of litter-pickers got to work. They found bottles under bushes and empty cartons under leaves and cut grass.
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They finished in the Oakland Centre Playground and Biodiversity Garden. Not a scrap of paper remained. They felt very pleased as they brought the refuse back to the school.
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Action Clean-up Day 2013

 
The 16th of April 2013 was St Mary’s Action Clean-up day. It was a dry but very windy day. An Taisce supplied bags, aprons and gloves and Monaghan County Council provided a skip. 
                   
All the pupils took part in this event. The Junior Classes from Infants to Second did the clean-up in the school grounds while 3rd to 6th  Classes  decided to clean up the approach roads. 
                  
At 11.15 am Third and Fourth started their clean- up day along with their teacher Mrs Dowling .  They put on high-vis vests and gloves, got litter pickers and a variety of refuse sacks. They started at the school and went towards the village (R185), collecting litter along the route. 
                               
When we got to the village we took a rest.  Then our teacher said that we have to run from the village to the school which was 1 km for our cross country training. Everybody took part. 
                
First to the finish line was Caolán  Mc Kenna, followed closely by Bríd Mc Nally and Jaden Traynor in joint second place.  Pauric Mc Quaid came third and Ben Duffy came in fourth place.  Mrs Dowling was fifth!  It was great fun. 

Finally everybody got to the finish line and we started to collect more rubbish on the road to Monaghan. We only went as far as Angela Fahy’s house so it wasn’t as far as our walk to the village.   Caolán Mc Kenna went into the field to collect more rubbish. On our walk we discovered two rabbit burrows. 
                
At the school we threw all our refuse bags into the skip beside the school garden.    All in all it was a great success. 

Bríd McNally (Green Schools Committee, 3rd Class)

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Fifth and Sixth Classes

Fifth and Sixth undertook the Annual Spring Clean on Monday afternoon, 15thApril. 
Thanks to An Taisce for providing the cleaning gear and to Monaghan Co. Council for delivering a skip to the school.

We collected lots and lots of rubbish that motorists had discarded.  It was a disgrace to see the litter and cigarette butts everywhere.  So if you could just pick up litter from
time to time, it would be a great help in keeping our village looking beautiful.

Remember our Waste Management  Slogan: 

Pick up the Litter and Make Glaslough Glitter!

Clóda Duffy ( Green Schools Committee, 6th Class)


 
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Spring Clean 2013

On Tuesday, 16th April, Glaslough Tidy Towns Committee and other willing volunteers met at the Oakland Centre at
6 o’clock to participate in the Annual Spring Clean.

We were split into 5 or 6 groups and sent to a different area in or around Glaslough to pick up the litter.
We picked up several bags of rubbish including old footballs and tricycles.  

After we had finished, we got some refreshments.  The clean-up took about 3 hours in total but it left the village looking spotless.

Jamie Duffy 
(Green Schools Committee, 6th Class)


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    • Our Mission Statement
    • History of our School
    • School Staff
    • Parents Association
    • Board of Management
    • Extra Curricular >
      • CREDIT UNION QUIZ QUESTIONS - Fairways Hotel, Dundalk 2014 Sunday 2nd March 2014
      • Yours Sincerely
    • ICT
    • Uniform
    • Special Educational Needs
    • Healthy Lunches
  • Down Memory Lane
  • Classes
    • Junior & Senior Infants
    • First & Second Class
    • Third & Fourth
    • Fifth & Sixth Class >
      • Bee-lines Sculpture
  • Learning Support Activities
    • Learning Support
  • English: School Improvement Plan
  • Maths: School Improvement Plan
  • Mathematical Language & Methodologies
    • Junior & Senior Infants
    • First & Second Class
    • Third & Fourth Class
    • Fifth & Sixth Class
    • Learning Support / Resource Class
  • Homework Club
    • Homework Club
    • 1.40pm - 2.40pm Supervision
  • Green Schools
    • Flags
    • Green School Committees
    • Waste Management >
      • Tidy Towns Art Competitions
    • Travel >
      • Halloween Feet First Friday Walk >
        • Santa Feet First Friday Walk
      • St Patrick`s Feet First Friday Walk
      • Daffodil Feet First Friday Walk
    • Global Citizenship Litter & Waste
    • Biodiversity >
      • Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
      • Castle Leslie Forest Walk
      • Blackwater River Study
      • Heritage Days >
        • Day 1: Trees
        • Day 2 : Birds
        • Day 3 - Bees
        • Day 4: Mini-Beasts
      • Ecology Workshops
      • School Tour 2014
    • Green Schools Travel Slogan
    • Organic Garden
    • Newsletters
    • Photo Gallery
  • Sport
    • Achievements
    • Athletics
    • GAA
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
  • Around the Villages
  • Photo Gallery
    • Halloween Fancy Dress 2020
    • Halloween Fancy Dress 2018
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Sponsosred Walk 2016
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Sponsored Walk 2015
    • St. Patrick's Feet First Friday March 2015
    • Opening Night 6th November 2014
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Walk Oct'14
    • Daffodil Day 2014 Walk to School
    • St. Patrick's Feet First Friday
    • Open Night
    • Offical Opening of Car Park November 2013
    • Untitled
    • Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2013
    • Christmas Show - Rang 5 & 6 2012
    • Christmas Show Rang 1 & 2 2012
    • Christmas Show - Rang 3 & 4 2012
    • Christmas Show - Junior & Senior Infants 2012
    • Halloween Feet First Fancy Dress 2012
    • End of Year Presentations 2013
    • Our Wonderful Volunteers
  • Lord Mayor of Glaslough Fundraiser
  • Down Memory Lane
    • Four Village Cycle 2014
  • Learning Zone
    • Maths
  • Competitions
    • Credit Union Quiz - 31st January 2015
    • Cumann na mBunscol Table Quiz 2015
    • Schools Showjumping Competition September 2014
    • Cumann na mBunscol Quiz Teams 2013
    • Credit Union Quiz 2013
    • Monaghan Mental Health Essay Competition Winners 2013
    • Straighten Up Ireland
    • Credit Union Competition Winners 2012
  • End of Year Presentations
  • Find Us
    • Contact us
  • Useful Websites
  • Write A Book