Our Lady Queen of the Apostles, Clonburris N.S.
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Sixth Class Trip to Maynooth University.

Sixth Class went to Maynooth University to speak to Third Year B.Ed students about the work they have been doing about climate change. We are so proud of them, they spoke so well and were so articulate in their views. Well done to them all!!

The students were very impressed by their knowledge and their interest!!






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Fourth Class are entering the Irish Aid Our World awards with their "Equalitree" project.

Let`s wish them luck!

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    What do you think of our project? Please write a comment below in the box.

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What is your carbon footprint?

Use the link below to calculate

https://www.footprintcalculator.org/en/results/0/summary

    Q.5 Do you know the percentage of forests we have in Ireland? Answer in the box below

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    Question 3. Write yes or no in the box below and give a reason

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    Question 4 Can you name an organisation or group in Clondalkin concerned with the effects of climate change? Answer in the comment box below

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    Answer the question below with a YES or NO in the box. 

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    Climate action week questions for parents.

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Climate action week begins on the 23rd January. We are really excited to explore such questions as
What is climate change?
Can we stop climate change?
What is the biggest cause of climate change?
Why are ice caps melting?
What can we do in our daily lives to make our lives more sustainable?




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Friends of the Camac winter newsletter can be viewed here. Check out our winners and learn how to become involved!

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Climate and nature summit.
Irish Schools Sustainability Network are currently posting lessons on Youtube. Have a look and see what you and your child can learn.
​Let`s have a conversation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbGfYUKPQms

Click below to see work from Clonburris.

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Questions for a Fairtrade Banana Farmer.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2022: Some questions for a Fairtrade cocoa farmer

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Climate Action week at Clonburris N.S 14th-18th February.
We will be focusing on the wonders of our planet, what we can do to keep it #green and #clean and making #promises which we can #keep to do something #sustainable for the #planet.
Help your child to get involved by discussing what they like in nature, helping them to grow vegetables or herbs, walking/cycling instead of driving, buying fruit and vegetables which are loose and not wrapped in plastic and buying organic and Fairtrade products whenever  possible.
Thank you
​Mrs Galvin

    Here is one promise I am going to make!

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Would you like to learn about the Global Goals with your family?
Go to the link below and take part in the fun
https://makematic.com/blog/support-the-sustainable-development-goals-take-the-17daystolearn-challenge/

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Do you love games?
Do you want to change the world?
Combine the two and make a board game or a card game or an online game 
Go to the following link for more information
​https://www.trocaire.org/education/gamechangers

#Clondalkin Fairtrade Town competition for Easter.

Make an Easter card
Write a poem about Choosing Fairtrade
Make something using #Fairtrade products
Send photos to paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com before 10th April
​Prizes of Fairtrade Easter eggs and hampers of chocolate

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News from Fairtrade Ireland.
This is a really tough time for everyone all over the world but it is particularly tough for Fairtrade farmers who are losing jobs because of the Corona virus.
When you go shopping remember to buy Fairtrade coffee, tea, bananas and flowers whenever possible.
Here is what is happening (some good news!)
​In Ecuador, banana producers are sharing the bananas left over from their production with their local communities, where food is scarce.
Sports ball producers in Pakistan have sewn face masks for their communities from cotton reserves in their factories.
A wine producer in South Africa has provided sanitizer for all their workers’ homes.
And, within the Fairtrade system, we are acting quickly to ensure producer organizations are able to respond to the needs of their members.

A message from Mrs Galvin
Good afternoon all,
For those of you interested in global citizenship, you might like to follow this link and do the quiz.
All the best
Stay well and healthy
Help around the house
Stay in touch with friends in a safe way
Wash your hands frequently
Mrs Galvin
​http://together.akfc.ca/exhibit/en/global-development/take-the-global-citizen-quiz#result-thoughtful

Please vote for our solar panel entry here

​https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl7fpZ5wSta-PEdrmT9UWt0FD5GIPFVz8




Human Rights action day.
The focus of our action day was #Ahomeforeveryone and #homelessness. We spoke about how special our homes are to us and we imagined what it would be like to be homeless.
These are some of the things we said,
"A home is where you relax. We all have a right to a home. Homelessness  is a disgrace! If I were homeless, I would feel disrespected,unsafe, cold, thirsty and hungry. If I had one wish, it would be to end poverty! " (Adam)

A home is where you feel safe.Homelessness is cruel. Homeless people are not cared about and they are ones who need the help.
What are the government doing about it? People are living on the street. (Cadhla)

Homelessness is heartbreaking; it makes me feel upset. It is scary, dark, lonely and the government doesn`t care! (Conor)










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​Solar panels for our school.

We have entered a competition to win solar panels for our school.This competition is run by friends of the Earth. Here is part of our entry here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COdFbe5NinE
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Fairtrade Conference at the Richmond on the 31st January.

Five of our student council represented us brilliantly at the annual Fairtrade Towns and Supporters conference. We got to meet other Fairtraders from schools and colleges and got to taste chocolate from Exploding Tree in Clonakility. Alison gave us a great talk on her   "bean to bar" chocolate and it is  fully #Fairtrade. 






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We are delighted to announce that Mrs Galvin's third class have won the Leinster award for GOAL #changemakers. Their prize is a trip to the W5 in Belfast. We are very proud of them and their hard work.

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GOAL #changemakers!


Third class have entered the GOAL changemakers awards. They learned about Art from different cultures. They learned about changemakers such as Martin Luther King and Malala Yousafzai and Wangarai Mathai and they wrote speeches about how they can be #changemakers.

                                         #EndPoverty Day

The U.N. have declared October 17th to be international End Poverty Day so we made footsteps and wrote messages on them. We changed the words of a song too and recorded it.
These are the new words:
                    "You've got to wake up
                      You've got to wise up
                      We have to end poverty
                      And do it now, now, now
                      How dare you not care
                      About poverty everywhere"

CLIMATE ACTION

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A game about the life of Martin Luther King Jnr

Two sixth class girls have made a great board game entitled 'I have a dream'. It is based on the life of Martin Luther King Jnr and is like a snakes and ladders game. They piloted the game with some of Mrs Galvin's second class. Well done girls!!!

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MAY DAY AT ARAS AN UACHTARAIN

On the 1st May, Mrs Galvin and two of her pupils were invited to Aras an Uachtarain to meet Michael D.Higgins as part of the celebrations for May Day. We listened to his speech and had some lovely food. We had a great time.



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Art competition winners.

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Fairtrade Fortnight.

We had a really good evening at Aras Chronain on the 1st March at the Bakery and Art competitions. Catherine Leyden from TV3 was the judge and we interviewed Blas Arismendis from the Dominican Republic and Sara Motanyo from Colombia about their work as Fairtrade farmers.

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Only 9% of bananas sold in Ireland are Fairtrade.

We are trying to get more people to buy Fairtrade and to ask shops to stock Fairtrade.


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E-twinning with Germany.


We are very excited to establish contact with the Max Planck Gymnasium in Trier, Germany. Trier is a beautiful city in north-eastern Germany on the borders with Luxembourg. There are some incredible Roman ruins there and some beautiful churches.
We are looking forward to learning more about Trier and exchanging letters and cards with our friends in the Max Planck Gymnasium.

Max Planck Gymnasium.
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Roman amphitheatre.

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Roman ruins in Trier.


Activities for 2018-2019
We were invited to perform at the launch of `Fair or Foul` a human rights resource about the Qatar World Cup. We met Colm O Gorman, the director of Amnesty Ireland and the poet, Alan Titley. We sang a song by Nina Simone. We got  great applause
and everyone said how great we were. We are very proud.




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This year we are engaging in E-twinning projects. E-twinning is an initiative developed by the E.U  in which children from Europe collaborate with each other to learn more about their culture and language .

To find out more about it go to

​https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm



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Buying Quality Irish

We are supporting Irish farmers by buying Quality Irish goods. Look for it on ham, chicken, beef, potatoes and on some herbs and plants as well. How many stickers can we collect?

Anti-racism competition.

As part of social inclusion week, SDCC held a competition to celebrate diversity. We were delighted when eleven children from our school won prizes( vouchers from Easons) Well done to the children from Ms Mahers and Mrs Galvins classes who were presented with their prizes by Breeda Bonner, Deputy Mayor of SDCC and Marie Finn, Social Inclusion Officer. You can see their wonderful posters on the background.




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#SICK OF PLASTIC

We are learning about the damage plastic does to our environment and learning of new ways to reuse it. We are experimenting with melting it and making it into things we can use.
We are also refusing plastic straws and lids in restaurants.

 

Trocaire Better World awards June 2017.

Second Class (Mrs Galvins) won the Trocaire Better World award (Junior section). Alisia Kelly from Trocaire came to present the class with a beautiful painting and individual certificates. We were delighted with our success. Our project was about what we can do about climate change.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2017 27th February-12th March
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Art competition winners 2017

Peace and Love Audu, Eva Moynes, Kayla Walsh(St Bernadette`s N.S), Mayor Gus O`Connell,

Ava Morrisson, Scoil Mhuire, Jykkah Awing and Paula Galvin.

Notice the Fairtrade footballs, handstitched in Pakistan.

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Incredible Edibles 2016​
​Best digital submission Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Clonburris National School, Dunawley Ave., Clondalkin, Dublin 22

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   Tidy Towns Clondalkin

On Friday, the 28th October, Rachel Heller and Agnes O`Neill from Clondalkin Tidy Towns came in to speak to second class and to the Green Schools committee and the Student Council about how we can make Clondalkin a better place to live by:
volunteering with Tidy towns to clean your area,
growing flowers to encourage bees,
not littering the Camac river. 

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                               Global Citizenship schools
On the 31st May, four children from Mrs Galvin's first class went to the Mansion House with Mrs Ryan to listen to President Michael D.Higgins, speak to 100 guests from all over Ireland about the importance of being a good global citizen. Dylan Carroll, Emily Pesak, Jykkah Awing and Lewis White told all the guests that "If we all co-operate, the world will be a better place for me and you and everybody". What a wonderful message, we are all so proud of these four children and all of the pupils in Clonburris who do so much to "be the change in the world".

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We are hoping to get our Global Citizenship School sign before the end of June. We are working hard on growing our own vegetables and fruit, making our environment a better place and doing all we can to be better global citizens.

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Global Citizenship Schools

At Clonburris we are trying to be good global citizens. Listen to what Mrs Galvin`s First Class have to say about it!
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 Update on Irish Aid Our World Awards 2016

Ms Kerins and Ms Burke have made it through to the regional finals. Congratulations to these classes.
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 This year we have four entries for these awards; Mr Masterson`s "Footsteps to the Future" Ms Kerins" Building a Better Future", Ms Burke`s " Creating a Fairer Future for all" and Mr Leech who composed a beautiful song with his class.
We are awaiting the results!!!!  Watch this space...

Clondalkin Fairtrade Town.

We are delighted to have three new committee members on our Clondalkin Fairtrade Town committee; they are Aron Swederowski, Callum O Suilleabhain and Jack Brennan, from Ms Kerins class. They represented us very well at the Big Fairtrade Breakfast in City Hall at the end of February. We wish them every success in their endeavours to spread awareness about Fairtrade in Clondalkin.

We celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight with the 2nd Clondalkin Bakeoff. Catherine Leyden from TV3 was our judge.

Ambassadors of Conscience awards
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Mr Toomey`s third class won this award in 2012 with a wonderful project called "Sowing the seeds of change" 
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`Development Education is a process aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of the rapidly changing, interdependent and unequal world in which we live`
Irish Aid .

What Development Education projects/activities are we involved with?
Trocaire Lenten campaign.
Irish Aid Our World awards.
S.D.C.C. anti-racist competitions.
SDCC Social Inclusion Week
Global Citizenship Schools
​Global Schools Project
Work on Fair Trade and engaged in trying to " Make Clondalkin a Fairtrade town" - Fair Trade status award to Clondalkin officially on March 7th - 2014
Integration Ireland film-making
Amnesty International Friendship week

 

Irish Aid Our World awards overall winners, 2008 and  2011, runners-up 2010, 2012.
Trocaire Better World Awards 2010, 2011.
S.D.C.C winners 2012, 2013.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/text/ireland/kfeyojqlcwkf/
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Winners of the Integration Ireland film-making competition. Well done, boys and girls!!

ECO-UNESCO 2014-2015.

We are hoping to have more entries from fifth and sixth classes this year. Keep an eye on this space.


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Ecomental's entry for ECO-UNESCO...grow your own!!!

Incredible Edibles 2012; growing potatoes and strawberries. Art with fruit and vegetables.
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Fifth Class help first for Incredible edibles.
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Greenhouse made from plastic bottles REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
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