St Matthew’s School, Irishtown had a Day of Action in the school in their continuing efforts to obtain a Green Flag. The children planted flower bulbs, collected rubbish, weeded the garden and worked with the compost heap.

The children have their own fruit and vegetable patch where they grow potatoes, corn tomatoes and rhubarb. They also have strawberry beds and a herb garden. Young plants are nurtured from seed in a greenhouse, to be re-planted around the gardens of the school.

A small area is specially set aside to attract butterflies and bees. Frogs, which grew from spawn, inhabit a little pond which has the appropriate foliage and rocks. The young students also recycle a variety of items as part of their environmental activities.

Green School Committee members pictured front, from left: Abby Guest, Aiden Coll. Middle: Ellen Coll, Philip Sheehan. Back: Niamh Corcoran, Maeve Coll. Not shown are Coordinator Miss Sheridan and Committee members Christine O’Neill and Mary Bolton.