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School Gains Silver Eco Award
Mon 21 May 2012Ballyoran Primary School has gained its Silver Eco-Schools Award.To achieve the award the school Eco-Committee completed an ‘Environmental Review’ of our school to see how we could make it more ‘eco-friendly’. The committee then decided on three areas to focus on; improving our school grounds, recycling and reducing the amount of energy wasted in the school. As a school we then completed various projects to address these areas. To improve our school grounds we planted flowers around the school and got our own school vegetable patch in which we have planted a variety of vegetables. To reduce the amount of energy wasted in school we made posters to encourage everyone to switch lights and computers off in their classrooms when they are not using them. Finally our school ‘Eco Day’ was very successful in promoting recycling throughout the school by re-using materials. We have also reduced the amount of paper we waste in our classrooms.We are now looking forward to achieving our final green award.
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First Holy Communion
Mon 21 May 2012Seventeen of our pupils received their First Holy Communion on Saturday 19th May 2012 in St. John The Baptist Church.
Parents, relatives and friends of the pupils attended the Mass, celebrated by Parish Priest Fr. O'Dwyer.
The Liturgy was enhanced by the lovely singing of the School Choir.
Please visit the Gallery to see more photos of this special day.
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Ballyoran Goes For Green!
Thu 10 May 2012Ballyoran Primary School are currently working towards achieving the Green Award with the Eco-Schools programme. The ‘Eco Club,’ made up of children in the school, recently organised and held an ‘Eco-Day’ for the whole school to help the children learn about our environment. All children came to school dressed in green and took part in various projects involving making something new from something old to raise awareness of recycling. They also planted vegetables in the school Eco Garden with the help of staff from Oxford Island and others worked with artist Jim Russell to create junk sculptures. Children also brought in old clothes to be recycled through the ‘Cash for Clobber’ scheme. The day was very successful and enjoyed by all.
To see all the photos of this fantastic day, please visit our Gallery. Keep looking, as more photos will be added.
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