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Step 5. Scoil San Treasa Integrated The Green School Ethos Into Curriculum Work
Art
The theme Litter and Waste has been integrated into our art work with the assistance of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown’s Artist in Residence. Kiera and Aisling describe the experience:

Scoil San Treasa’s 4^th class have made recycled sculptures, mostly out of things that would otherwise have been thrown away. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown’s Artist in Residence, Jackie Ball, has helped them with their birds since the beginning. They visited the National History Museum. They brought their sketch-pads and sketched various different animals, but mainly birds

Back at school they got into their groups and sketched an image of their soon-to-be creatures. Then they brought their creatures to life over a period of weeks, using mostly recycled materials.

Some of the birds are the North Pacific Flame-Face and Axen. They are made out of paper mache, large cardboard rolls, plaster of Paris, lollipop sticks, loo rolls, tissue paper, beads, contact, etc.

SESE
The theme Litter and Waste is covered by class teachers throughout the school. Pupils from third through sixth class will be encouraged to research environmental issues. Energy Efficiency will also be covered.
Sustainable Energy Ireland provided facilitators to educate our younger pupils about energy awareness. Matthew and Eoin report:

Last year, when we were in first class two people came in and told us about how to save electricity and water .They brought a toy puppet called guzzler with them. One of the ladies was from Germany and the other was from Ireland .They brought a book with them called Guzzlers electricity book. In the book it told us to never leave your light on at night, to close your fridge door, to turn of the tap when washing your teeth and hands and to walk or cycle to school instead of driving because of pollution .They also played a game with us where you had to get a balloon a blow it up and tie it on a piece string let the air out and see how far it goes.

Work in the school garden and in the school grounds has been enjoyed by older and younger pupils.

Drama
A theatre group provided by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council staged a thought provoking production about littering in the school hall. Discussions were held by classes afterwards and the awareness of the pupils was raised.

See also how we integrated Green Schools into Computer Class and Maths in the graphs below.

Music
Two songs, ‘Working on the Trash’ and ‘Recycling in my Home’ have been adopted as our Green Anthems.

ICT
Using Excel to make a spreadsheet in order to generate a graph was a new learning experience for some of us. Our next step is to post this document to he school web site………

Gaeilge
‘Coiste Glas’ is on the tip of the tongue of every pupil in Scoil San Treasa!