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Our ERA ambassadors presented with their SDG badges today. The group has plenty of plans post midterm to tackle the sustainable goals at a school level so please like and share our page

Our Green School Committee had our flag inspection for our Biodiversity Flag today. Fingers crossed 🤞

Thanks to our Era for change group and TY students were busy this week writing letters to the residents in our local Nursing home. We hope these letters will offer some joy in such difficult times.

We are hoping to pair each student with a resident and hopefully our students can make Christmas that little bit brighter for the residents.

If you would like to contribute, Miss Murphy will be posting the letters on Wednesday so please give to her on Tuesday.

Our 2020/21 Committee. We hope to build on all our advocacy initiatives from last year and begin new objectives and goals for the coming year. We are hoping to attain our 5th Green flag for Biodiversity, become a School of Sanctuary and raise awareness for refugees. We'll be busy as bees 🐝🐝🐝

In the coming year, we are highlighting the importance of bees and biodiversity in our school.

Bees play a vital role in our eco system!

What’s your favourite summer crop? If you love apples, melons, cranberries, asparagus, or broccoli, you should tip your sun hat to our fuzzy, insect friends.

In fact, pollinators like bees play a key role in one out of every three bites of food we eat.

Bees are responsible for the production of many seeds, nuts, berries, and fruit, which serve as a vital food source for wild animals.

3. Food Source
Bees produce honey to feed their colonies during the cold winter months. Humans have harvested honey for thousands of years, but we aren’t the only ones who consider it a sweet snack. Critters like birds, racoons, possums, and insects will raid beehives for a taste.

Bees themselves are also a part of the food chain. At least 24 species of bird, including the blackbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, and starling, prey on bees. Many spiders and insects, like dragonflies and praying mantises, eat bees as well.

Wildlife Habitats
Bees are known for their elaborate hives, but they also help build homes for millions of other insects and animals. Many tree species, like willows and poplars, couldn’t grow without pollinators like bees.

Bees contribute to complex, interconnected ecosystems that allow a diverse number of different species to co-exist.

There is no doubting the importance of bees to our food supply. Without them, our gardens would be bare and our plates empty. But we should also remember the other reasons bees are important to the environment.

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Please sign this petition to stop the unfair deportation of Edmund Rice students

We Can Make an Impact. Keep the Khans - help stop four students of Coláiste Éamann Rís (Cork City) being deported

Some examples of our excellent shoeboxes being prepared by our students for the homeless

We are thrilled to donate to our local Saint Vincent de Paul in Midleton every Christmas. Thank you to every student, parent and teacher who contributed. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Special thanks to Ms Gill for all her hard work.

Great day delivering over 50 shoeboxes of essentials and bags of clothes for the homeless to Penny Dinners.Sincere thank you to all who donated and helped.