Dear Parents,
As you are aware, Our Lady’s NS has been successfully
engaged in An Taisce’s Green-Schools programme for many years. We are extremely
proud of our achievements to date and are now working towards our fourth Green
Flag for Travel.
It’s time to
SPRING into action!
As part of this work, we will launch our WOW (Walk Once a Week)
campaign on
Friday March 13th .
We are encouraging students and parents to leave their car
at home and walk to school, where possible.
We are aware that
walking to school will not be an option for all families. With this in mind we
are also encouraging Park n’ Stride.
The Green-School’s committee, along with
their An Taisce Education Officer Chiara Hanrahan, have identified the Ballingarry
GAA field car park suitable for this purpose. Here you can park and walk to
school safely with your child.
Car Pooling (lift sharing) is also encouraged. Boys and
girls travelling to school on the bus are already travelling in a sustainable
way.
As part of this, the committee will be keeping record of how
each child travels to school for ten consecutive school days initially and then
one day a week thereafter.
Should this initiative be a success, we will see many
benefits. Not only will you be helping to directly address the issues
associated with our over reliance on fossil fuels, but also the air around the
school will be cleaner! The children will benefit directly from the additional
exercise (and fresh air), and the school environment will be safer for all
owing to the reduction of cars in the area.
We are excited about this new initiative and hope you can
come onboard.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Egan Mrs. O’ Dea Chiara Hanrahan
Principal GS Coordinator An
Taisce
