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On Friday 12^th of February we held a ‘Low Energy Day’ as part of our Green-School programme. At the start of the day we took an ESB meter reading and did the same at the end of the day. During the day we did not use any equipment that uses electricity such as interactive whiteboards and computers. We also tried not to turn on any lights and kept the heat in the classrooms to a minimum. We found that we significantly reduced the amount of energy we used on a normal school day – only 1.8 Kwh! The Green Committee helped organise an active day including feeding birds, visiting classrooms, making wind turbines and energy quizzes. Second classes displayed energy projects in the hall for parents in the evening time.

Every year on the 22nd February, the joint birthday of founder Lord Baden Powell and his wife Olave Baden Powell, World Chief Guide, Girl Guides in 146 countries celebrate World Thinking Day. On this day we think of other Guides around the world with whom we are united through a similar ethos and educational programme.

We are asking all our members to wear all or part of their uniform to school or work on Monday the 22nd February to raise awareness of this campaign.

Our school choir performed at the Peace Proms concert in the RDS on Sunday 7th Feb at 2pm. We were accompanied by the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland. A great day was had by all. We are looking forward to next year’s concert already!

 

Grandparents Day took place on Wednesday 3rd of February. Almost 70 boys and girls from Ms. Evans, Ms. Egan, Ms. Masterson, Ms Craig and Ms. Mc Keon’s First Classes put on a lovely show for their grandparents. They performed some songs, poems and spoke about their favourite memories with their grandparents. Everybody had a lovely afternoon, well done boys and girls!

A huge congratulations to the boys and girls who participated in the Credit Union Quiz on 30th January in St. Mary’s Secondary School in Edenderry. One of our U13 teams came in 1st place while our other U13 came in 3rd place. Also, our U11 team came in 1st place. Thanks to Ms. Morrin for all her hard work preparing the boys and girls for the quiz. Well done to everyone involved, this was a proud day for Scoil Bhríde!

On Thursday 28th January, Adrian Brereton, a former participant on Operation Transformation, spoke to all the children in Scoil Bhríde Primary School. Adrian demonstrated how much sugar can be found in everyday food items. We would like to thank Adrian for taking the time to demonstrate this important healthy eating lesson to all the children. The children loved estimating and measuring the sugar!

On Monday 18th January, Senior Infants took part in a “Make and Bake” session with Supermacs. They made their own pizzas and added lots of lovely toppings. It was a great day!

We would like to thank Frank Kilrane for working with the 5th and 6th Class children for ‘Sports Hall Athletics’

Nuala Madigan from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland visited the school with her friend ‘Guzzler’ on Friday the 15th of January for an Energy Workshop. They were very impressed with the children’s participation and commitment to saving energy. The children are now another step further in achieving the Green-School Energy Flag.

On December 21st Santa took a break to visit all the boys and girls of Scoil Bhríde and to wish them a Merry Christmas. Santa knew that all the boys and girls have been very good this year and gave out a special treat to everyone!