Over the past few months, the Green Schools Committee has had a
great start in ‘Thinking GREEN’ and bringing ideas back to their
classes. The boys brainstormed on how the theme of Global
Citizenship: Food and Biodiversity can be explored in our school
community. The school is hoping to be awarded its 10th Green Flag
before June 2026.
The plan is to create and sustain green spaces and habitats, within and
outside our school. Watch out for the changes in St Joseph’s garden:
plans are afoot for insect hotels, fruit and vegetable patches and
flowers to attract insects for pollination.
Also we have had our solar panels installed for a year now, so the
boys are completing a comparison study of energy consumption and
energy bills. Bar charts have been made of their results!
As we enjoy Christmas holidays, the Green Schools’ Team remind us
all to be conscious of our consumption (single use plastics etc.), reuse
items (newspaper is a great wrapping paper) and recycle where
possible. We look forward to 2026 to explore and improve our green
habits.