For the next 2 years, our Green Team and Mr. Butler are working towards the Biodiversity Flag in the school.

The committee for 2025-2026 are Dawson, Hazel, Tilli, Alannah, Seamus, Finn, Paddy and Zoe.

After all of their hard work, Holly, Oscar, James, Helena, Emma, Ella, Moya received the travel flag in 2025-2026. We would like to thank our Travel officer Rachel for working with us over the last 2 years.

Walkability Audit

The Green Schools completed a Walkability Audit with our schools Travel Officer Rachel. They walked around the vicinity and even up to the old school. The Green Team discussed the positives and negatives of the roads and paths in the local area. Please find our walkability audit here: Hedgestown NS Walkability Audit

Their positive findings were:

Solar panel operated school signs approaching the school

Reduced speed limit when approaching the school

Set down area and zebra crossing

Local flora and fauna in the area

Their negative findings were:

Litter

Speeding

Overgrown and mossy paths that make it hard to walk

Speed Gun Workshop

Rachel, our travel officer came in with a speed gun! We got to test out the speed of the cars on the road outside the school gates. We had great fun doing this and also testing out how fast we can run afterwards.

School Garden

We have been very busy starting to plant in our school garden.

Litter Picking

To maintain our litter and waste flag, we have do a litter picking rota. Children from each class are invited to litter pick around the school grounds.

Cycle Right Programme with Doctor Bike

Our 5th and 6th class completed 4 cycling sessions with Eoin from Doctor Bike.

Mapping Workshop- 5th and 6th class

5th and 6th class completed a mapping workshop with Rachel our travel officer. They drew a map of the showing the school’s local catchment area — tracing the journey from where they live all the way to school.