Meeting Minutes

Department: Mixed

Date: 03,04,2019

Present:

Teachers	Students
Michael Delohery Apologies Phil Maloney	Reece Doherty Erin Moore Hanah Lucy Ana Ryan Frutos Kimberly Maranan Lauren McInerney Iris Joy Cabel Patrica Rimpo Dion Tammy Escueta Natalia Kushembe Faizel Adebimpe Abigail Ajalm Edith Egharevba Sana Khan Mobi Offor Anthony Rebote Martyna Zajac Alicia Lee Courtney Brown Reece Doherty Angel Eze

Minutes of 27.3. Meeting: Read by M. Delohery

·         Application for Green School Flag submitted on time ( issue around waste information)

·         More commitment needed from those signed up to do pick-up after lunch (improved) XX

Progress on Action Plans

·         Further work on the Bee Garden needed

·         Commitment from management to change from single use bottles given out by canteen to a fountain and reusable containers system

·         C. Brown and P. Maloney informed committee about arrival of Dutch school ambassadors and their plan to gleam information about their recycling practices

·         Working continuing on Plastic Wave

·         Work around Art Exhibit also continuing (date set with management for Wednesday the 1^st of May)

·          Teacher and student initiative for edible crockery and cutlery for canteen added to

·         Concern over pitch after lunch as weather has meant it is being used far more  (address but will need to be monitored )

AOB

Year Book article ( Magda Nae)

Minutes M. Delohery

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Date: 27th Feb 2019

Present:

Teachers	Students
Michael Delohery Ciara Danagher Patrick Murphy Phil Moloney	Ana Ryan Frutos Reece Doherty Ayesha Wadood Sana Khan Anthony Rebote Magda Nae Iris Joy Cabel Lauren McInerney Patricia Rimpo Micheal Quain Naeema Wadood Courtney Brown

Progress on Action Plans

• Working on a “Green Code” for the school.
• Email from the accessors:
• Inspection to take place 2 weeks from now around 1pm
• Ownership of GS will now pass to the students.
• Students will run the meetings from now on.
• Courtney has gathered data and will present it.
• Someone needs to collect bins on Tuesday after lunch.
• List of things we have achieved so far (MD has a copy of this list).
• Day of Action i.e. “Green Day” to take place on the 15th March
• No cost
• Bring your waste home
• Paper bags needed
• Art exhibition upcoming
• Most non-exam art students working on this.
• Notices placed in classrooms and bathrooms.
• European studies guest visiting tomorrow will be interviewed by Courtney.
• PMol has arranged a guest from a Dutch school, who will also be interviewed.
• Information gathering and recording before inspection.
• Inspection is in 2 weeks.
• All GS members should model good behaviours.
• Need high-vis vests and litter pickers.
• Digging of bee garden to commence tomorrow with NN’s 4th yr biology class.

Motto: “Use the right bins and everybody wins”

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Green Schools Minutes: 07,02,2019

Minutes taken by Michael Delohery

Department: Mixed

Date: 07, 02, 2019

Present:

Teachers	Students
Michael Delohery Sarah Frawley	Anthony Rebote Martyna Zajac Alicia Lee Erin Moore Magda Nae Reece Doherty Martyna Kaczmarczyk Ana Ryan Frutos Ruth Daly Micheal Quain Mobi Offer Iris Joy Cabel Mei Yi-Fan Konstantinos Kounetas

Matters Arising from Previous Meeting:

·         Photographic evidence of recent litter surveying activities was located (No need to redo)

·         European Studies class completed a survey information uploaded to blog.

·         Student assemblies now scheduled for after mid-term break

Progress on Action Plans

·         GS blog has been set up. ongoing

·         Action Plan to be updated and put on noticeboard.

§  Including intentions for each month.

·         Monitoring and evaluating on going

·         New garden will now be at the front of school.

·         Global awareness survey to be carried out.

·         Current art students to completed signs.

·         Home-ec teachers looking at getting a brown bin.

·         6-8 weeks for inspection (could happen anytime in March).

·         Diggers wanted for the bee garden to happen at end of February/start to March

Seeds given by Professor Robin Wild for Bee Garden

Community Clean up working with Croom Development association scheduled for Monday 11,02,2019

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Minutes taken by C. Danagher      

Department: Mixed

Date: 23^rd Jan 2019

Present:

Teachers	Students
Michael Delohery Ciara Danagher Bernie Haugh Patrick Murphy Caoimhe McNamara Marita O’Connor Sarah Frawley Phil Moloney (had to leave due to yard duty commitments)	Anthony Rebote Magda Nae Reece Doherty Martyna Zajac Ana Ryan Frutos Sarah Daly Micheal Quain Mei Yi-Fan Diane Sheehy Diana Mirza Daniel Lukjanov Hannah Lucy Isobel Korucu

Matters Arising from Previous Meeting:

·         Phil has ordered 10/12 new bins for outside/blue carpet area etc.

·         All classroom bins to become dry recycling only.

·         Preparations need to be made before inspection in March.

§  Campus development (as set out in last year’s plan).

Progress on Action Plans

·         A4 printouts to be placed in each classroom (e.g. “turn off lights when leaving the room,” “no eating in classrooms” etc.)

·         Write ups of what has/is being done (e.g. art posters etc.).

·         Different teachers involved – incorporating GS into curricula etc.

·         Planning a particular “day of action”

·         Tom has cut and marked an area for the bee garden.

·         Looking at the biodiversity of the garden etc.

·         Come up with slogans

§  Something catchy that captures what we want our message to be.

·         Community clean up (maybe link up with tidy town committee etc.).

§  Involve the board of management

·         Wardens and signs will be put up around the school soon.

·         Brown bins have arrived for the home-ec rooms (but where will the waste go?).

·         Need to educate school community on these new changes.

·         Phil has approval to buy new bins – should arrive on Monday.

·         Will need students to monitor the use of these bins

§  Tutor announcements/assembly?

·         Use of bin liners to be re-evaluated.

·         Staff room bin

§  Encourage the use of new recycling bin for milk cartons/paper etc.

·         Digging of bee garden and compost hole to commence this week.

Next week:

Meeting to occur during the first half of lunch 1.05pm – 1.25pm.

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Minutes taken by C. Danagher                                                                          

Department: Mixed  

Department: Mixed

Date: 16^th Jan 2019

Present:

Teachers	Students
Michael Delohery Ciara Danagher Bernie Haugh Patrick Murphy	Anthony Rebote Martyna Zajac Alicia Lee Rubab Kabir Erin Moore Magda Nae Hannah Lucey Reece Doherty Martyna Kaczmarczyk Ana Ryan Frutos Naeema Wadood Sarah Daly Ruth Daly Micheal Quain Mei Yi-Fan Konstantinos Kounetas

Matters Arising from Previous Meeting:

·         Photographic evidence of recent litter surveying activities was destroyed – need to repeat activities and document.

·         European Studies class completing a survey.

·         Student assemblies

§  To be held after the first Monday after the musical.

Progress on Action Plans

·         GS blog has been set up.

·         Action Plan to be put on noticeboard.

§  Including intentions for each month.

·         Produce a graphic comparing before and after.

·         Pdf document to be shared.

·         Looking at things such as chewing gum in schools.

·         Monitoring and evaluating.

·         New garden will now be at the front of school.

·         Global awareness survey to be carried out.

·         Current art students to complete signs.

·         Home-ec teachers looking at getting a brown bin.

·         2^nd and 3^rd years can volunteer during free classes, but not during exam subjects.

·         Patrick to identify students to help him address the bins in practical rooms.

·         6-8 weeks for inspection (could happen anytime in March).

·         Diggers wanted for the bee garden.

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Minutes taken by C. Danagher                                                                          

Department: Mixed  

Date: 4th Dec 2018 

Green Schools Committee 

Present: 

Teachers 

Ciara Danagher 

Michael Delohery ( coordinator )

Caoimhe McNamara 

Phil Moloney 

Patrick Murphy 

Students (new members) 

Courtney Brown 

Reece Doherty 

Mei Yi Fan 

Micah Guillermo 

Diana Mirza 

Victoria Muco 

Diana Sheehy 

Martyna Skorecka 

Micheál Quain  

Anha Uddin 

Ayesha Wadood 

Apologies: 

Current form IV members (Emma Holman, Sana Khan, Isobel Korucu, Alicia Lee, Erin 

Moore, Anthony Rebote, Naeema Wadood, and Martyna Zajac) are out on work experience. 

Potential new members from form III were attending choir practice. 

Potential new members from forms II and IV were at an event in UL, but may attend next 

week.  

Matters arising from previous meeting: 

Spoke about tasks to be made actionable including painting wardens, taking minutes, new 

members and a litter review.  

Discussion: 

 There will be jobs for new members whenever they are available i.e. during free 

classes, or as part of short courses etc. 

 Litter review of the school to be carried out, identifying litter black spots around the 

school. 

 Plan for a litter review from tomorrow, after break and lunch time if timing suits new 

members. 

 Mr. Delohery will provide students with a map of the school. Students will monitor 

and record instances of littering. 

 Students will also monitor use of general waste bins, and check “recycling bins” (of 

which there may be none) to ensure that general waste has not been mixed with 

recycling.  

 Mr. Delohery is preparing class passes to allow students to work on Green School 

matters during class time (with class teacher’s permission).  

 After break tomorrow (Wednesday) suits many of the third year members, as they 

have their short course option subjects at that time. After lunch may not suit. Teacher 

members may have to carry out the after lunch review instead. 

 Mr. Moloney has talked to a recycling company about introducing a number of 

recycling bins to the school. 

 The current number of recycling bins in the school is 0. 

 The Green Schools Committee will need to ascertain how many recycling bins are 

needed. 

 Student members were asked to consider this when carrying out their litter survey and 

add it into the “additional notes” section of the school map they will be given. 

 There was also a discussion on food waste and the possibility of introducing a 

composting system.  

 Embracing our school’s unique diversity, it was decided that the CC Green Schools 

Committee would take a multi-cultural approach to the Green Schools initiative – 

looking at, and learning from, the approach of other cultures to topics like recycling 

i.e. what can we learn from other countries? e.g. Holland.  

 There will be a Green Schools poster competition after Christmas that students are 

being encouraged to enter.  

 There is also scope for including parents and the wider school community and it is 

hoped to make a showcase of their work by the end of the year. Ms. Morrissey is 

involved with this. 

 Ms. McCarthy is encouraging students to look at Green Schools from a European and 

global perspective.  

 It is also hoped that other teachers will consider incorporating Green Schools into 

their lessons especially in subjects like CSPE and the short course options. 

 Students should be reminded that being part of the Green Schools Committee is good 

for the school and wider community, as well as for their CVs and/or JC profile of 

work.  

 Students are invited to come to the art room when they are free (and with the class 

teachers permission) to work on Green Schools matters. 

Conclusion: 

The aim of the Green Schools Committee is to introduce and foster a new culture of recycling 

and being more mindful of waste management. This will not happen easily and may require 

some time to implement. The possibility of holding assemblies to introduce new school 

policies, and the introduction of different bins (i.e. closed topped recycling bins to reduce 

contamination of recyclables) was also discussed and will be explore further at the next 

meeting.  

From next week the role of minute taking will be assigned to a student, to give them a 

responsibility

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Green Schools Meeting 27/11/2018

Members present

Reece Doherty
Alicia Lee
Anthony Russell Rebote
Ayesha Wadood
Martyna Zajac

(apologies from missing members due to Exam issues)

Teachers

Michael Delohery ( Coordinator )
Patrick Murphy


Items Discussed at meeting

Ideas:

Posters for promotional work:

Identifying bins for recycling

AOB

Meeting with Representative from schools current waste disposal provider to see where we could improve

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Green Schools Meeting 20/11/2018

Members present

Emma Holman
Erin Moore
Reece Doherty
Alicia Lee
Anthony Russell Rebote
Ayesha Wadood
Martyna Zajac
Naeema Wadood

Sana Khan

Teachers

Michael Delohery ( Coordinator )
Patrick Murphy

 
First meeting

Introductions:

Layout of next couple of weeks discussed

Ideas

AOB

Reflect on possible ways to improve school in this area