School Garden

Biodiversity Action Plan

We are currently working on our third and final year to achieve our Biodiversity flag. We have elected a new Green schools Committee. They have had their first meeting and …

Summer Garden

We are so appreciative of our school community who have minded the school garden over the summer. Maura Noonan and Rebecca Simons took the lead this summer with lots of …

Weeding in the School Garden

The children were happy to help out weeding the garden to help our plants to grow. We have grown potatoes, lettuce, carrots, spring onions, cabbage and tomatoes! We have some …

Outdoor Classroom: Spring Fun!

The mud kitchens have been assembled and set out. They contain sand for the children to play with. There are other outdoor games such as Badminton, giant Jenga, giant snakes …

Making a bird house

Mark Ryan and Jack Kennedy put their carpentary skills to work to design and make a bird house for the outdoor garden. We already have a lot of birds that …

Summer Gardening

Things have been growing well in the garden. We have lettuce and rocket and herbs. Our strawberries are getting ripe. The cabbages have grown and so have the onions. The …

Plant a Patch

Boys from 5th and 6th once again entered the Woodies gardening competition. This year it was entitled ‘Plant a Patch’. It asked the boys to think about the power of …

Spring Planting

The Senior classes got the beds ready for planting. 3rd and 4th had already completed some work on their planting indoors so they were planted out. We saw plenty of …