Caring for the Environment

Caring for the Environment in Ballinspittle NS

We sort our rubbish in Ballinspittle NS.

Here Junior and Senior Infants are Planting Trees

Here is a Nature Trail we did with Senior Infants

See how our tulips are blooming

Beautiful tulips in our school garden- Signs of Spring

Beach Ecology Study on Garretstown Beach
A wonderful day! See below for photos taken with Mrs Conlon's class and Cork Nature Network.

Tree Trail in Ballinspittle with 5th and 6th - Scroll to right for full presentation

6th on an Autumnal Scavenger Hunt

Discovering Our Local Village Stream

In June 2018 Stephanie O’Toole from Streamscape of Heritage in Schools came for a day to show 4th, 5th & 6th the wonders of our village stream.The emphasis of Stephanie's visit was on promoting an understanding of the life-cycle of plants and animals and the dependence of each part of the cycle on each other. Local water-cycles, food-webs and Salmon life-cycles were discussed and investigated through questions and answers, games and visits to the local stream. Here, the children were given an opportunity to identify local plants and animals. They were also introduced to simple techniques to identify the water purity of the stream and to methods for conserving water.

We found the following bugs in our stream; True Worms, Whirlygig Beetle, Water Boatman, Cased Caddis Fly, Mayfly nymph; & Stone Fly nymph.

Stephanie also gave us the videos below to help our understanding of biodiversity, effects of climate change and the life cycle of certain insects.
She also gave us a book about Streamscapes work which has a lot of interesting information about our streams. Please go to this link for more information.