Posted by ali sheridan on Thursday, June 2, 2011,
My name is Saoirse Moore and I am 6 years old. I live in Clarinbridge, Co. Galway. I am in senior infants in Scoil Mhuire. My teacher is Mrs. Murphy. I love school and I love Maths. I cycle to school almost every day with my mommy or my daddy. Sometimes I walk to school with my dog Cookie. I love cycling and I love walking. It helps to keep me healthy. We had fun on the An Taisce cycle to the swimming pool. They gave me a hi-vis jacket to keep me safe. I always wear my helmet. I always stop, ... Continue reading ...
Posted by ali sheridan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011,
Scoil Mhathair na Trocaire, Doon, Co.Limerick launched their Walk to School week last week with a flurry of excitement and creativity that brought a new meaning to the term ‘ best foot forward’. As a means of celebrating the success of their WOWs to date and Launch National Walk to School Week, they decided to hold a ‘wacky’ shoe competition where all 118 students in attendance designed their own ‘wacky’ shoe with findings from the art box. These were then used to create a giant â... Continue reading ...
Posted by ali sheridan on Friday, May 13, 2011,
Colaiste Chiarain are really shaking things up down in Croom, Co.Limerick in the lead up to National Walk to School Week. As part of their preparations for one of the most important weeks in the Green-Schools Calendar, the Green-Schools committee have organised an entire week of WOW days where raffle tickets will be given out daily to those that walk, cycle or park & stride to school. To further participation by all students, any student that travels sustainably in excess of 3 times next week... Continue reading ...
Posted by ALI SHERIDAN on Wednesday, February 23, 2011,
As part of Bike Week 2011 and in conjunction with the An Taisce Green-Schools Travel programme secondary schools are being asked to saddle up and get cycling to school! The secondary schools cycle challenge will run between 7th – 11th March 2011 as a lead up event to Bike Week 2011. Secondary schools are being asked to run a cycling event at their school during the week.
The ultimate aim is to encourage as many students, staff and parents to cycle to school on their chosen day. Some ideas ... Continue reading ...
