Our whole school community was extremely proud to today receive the renewal of our Eco Schools Green Flag Award for another two years.

Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging millions of children across 67 countries. It aims to empower children to drive change and improve their environmental awareness. The Green Flag Award is an internationally recognised symbol awarded to schools who can show that they are working hard to improve how ‘Green’ their organisation is and for excellence in environmental action and learning.

St Mary’s Eco-Council have worked tirelessly this year to earn another Green Flag status with assessors visiting St Mary’s to witness first hand the work that has been undertaken by our whole community.

Well done to all the Eco-councillors, the staff and parents who supported the work. A special thank-you to Miss O’Neill our Eco-Schools Coordinator, Mrs C Mullan, Mrs S McMullan, Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Wills for their leadership on the programme.  

At a special awards ceremony held yesterday in the St Patrick’s Centre in Downpatrick, Mrs Howland, Iona, Anne and Sian our Eco-Councillors from Primary 6 & Primary 7 were delighted to receive our new Green Flag and associated plaques.