Here is a guide for parents on how to make our school gates and the area around them safe for everyone as we endeavour to achieve our 9th Green Flag for Global citizenship and Travel.

3rd and 5th Class learned all about renewable energy and its advantages. 
​They made their own windmills using the energy of SOLAR POWER.

This year we are focusing on
Global Goal 12-Responsible Consumption and Production.
We have been researching where different fruit and vegetables that we buy in the supermarket come from and how many food miles they travel.
We are looking at could some of these food be grown in Ireland and where could we source them? 
The children in Ballina PS are going to plant their own fruit and veg plants and seeds and they are going to transfer them to our new polytunnel when the weather gets warmer. 

Juniors were the first class to get planting in our new Polytunnel. They were very busy planting Strawberries and Spring Flowers. We are getting ready to get planting our Incredible Edibles fruit and vegetables next.

Well done to all the children who took part in our Christmas Decoration Competition.
The children came up with some great ideas on how to recycle old materials into decorations and upcycle decorations that were no longer used or needed in their homes. A special congratulations to our overall winner this year in 5th class JACK CURLEY on the fantastic train he made using a huge amount of recycled materials.

A big THANK YOU to the Green Schools Committee who spent many hours going through all the entries and asking the children about their entries and the materials that they used to create their decorations. Well done to you for all your hard work.