We were delighted to donate and make buddy bench's for Milltown National School as part of there green schools program, the bench's were made from recycle pallets which were donated to us by Wallace's Recycling, the kids will paint these after the summer holidays, they also wanted a sensory path made around the bench's and we were happy to help with this also, the logs for this was donated by John Lynch Timber and Bark services. The kids hope to paint these different colors.
On Tuesday 26th April the ty students from CBS met with PJ Fitzpatrick from Coillte to plant some trees and then they were busy in their community garden planting cabbage and cauliflower and calendula. Their strawberry patch is coming along nicely.
Also on Tuesday the pupils from educate together done a litter pick around the school and the area.
On Wednesday 27th April we headed to Colombia College with PJ and Hazel to launch the "New Beginnings", this is where the first year students are all given a tree to bring home and plant, the tree is a symbol of their journey starting in first year and going on into adulthood. The students can name their tree and we are holding a competition to see who comes up with the best name and story about the tree in the school. Huge Thanks to PJ and Hazel who also spoke to the students that day about the importance of nature and biodiversity.
On Friday 29th April we headed to St. Colman's national school and planted some new trees there.
April 2022-Memorial for the late Principal Arthur Fallon
Mullingar Tidy Towns were asked by principal of Milltown National school John Gordan for help with the digging and planting of a new vegetable patch in the school. (March 2022)
On Tuesday the 1st of March 2022 the Ty students were out planting new trees along the Green Road.
The pupils from St. Kenny's done a litter pick along the road from their school to the local sports pitch, the Community Garda were on help to ensure the safety of all on the day.
Pupils from 5th class in St. Colman's national School, wanted to design a new logo for us, and these were some of the entries we received. December 2019
