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G R E E N S C H O O L S U P D A T EMOVING FORWARDGreen Schools wasofficially launchedon the fourteenth ofMarch, 2008. Lastyear, all membersof the green schoolscommittee conducteda survey of the rubbishin our school. All ofthe results were typedup and analysed. Thesurvey lasted one week.This year, the schoolhas introduced eightgreen bins and a noticeboard. Recycling binswere also bought for allclassrooms. We had aguest speaker from DunLaoghaire- Rathdown-Kate Hynes- in tospeak to the junior andsenior assemblies. Wehelped out by checkingand emptying the binsevery afternoon andwe also took part inthe National SpringClean in Cabinteely ona Saturday. That wasvery enjoyable.We will also be doingvarious activities toraise awareness suchas a clean-up day andfund-raising with theSRC hopefully.Danielle CostelloCOMMITTEE NEWSThe Green Schools Committee is in its second year running nowand things seem to be looking up. Kate Hynes (an environmentalofficer) from Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown was in during March toofficially launch it. Since we have done a review of our schoolmany changes have taken place:• A notice board with all information has beenmounted in the assembly area• Each classroom now has its own recycling bin• Recycling bins are in place in the assembly area andSt. Angela’s Hall• A battery recycling bin is in the assembly area (feelfree to discard of any old batteries from your homehere)• Students from the school took part in a clean-up ofCabinteely village in April as part of the NationalSpring Clean in Cabinteely Community SchoolMany more activities will take place in the future too as part ofour Action Plan. We would like to take the opportunity to thankall the staff and students for helping us out so far. A Green Schoolis everyone’s responsibility and we hope that Cabinteely will getthe Green flag in the near future with your help. Membershipis open, so if you decide you want to make a difference talk toeither of the Ms. Nolans or Mr. Joyce.The Green Schools Committee.40 CCSUnlimitedCCSUNLIMITED2008.indd 40 13/06/2008 10:50:31