Environmental Awareness Fortnight Junior Section
Environmental Awareness Fortnight took place in February in Citywest ETNS!
Go to our Green Schools page to learn more.
This is our Junior Section, where you will find activities from pupils in Junior Infants - 2nd class. If you are in an older class, make sure you go to the Senior Section.
See what some of our community got up to during Environmental Awareness Fortnight below.
Go to our Green Schools page to learn more.
This is our Junior Section, where you will find activities from pupils in Junior Infants - 2nd class. If you are in an older class, make sure you go to the Senior Section.
See what some of our community got up to during Environmental Awareness Fortnight below.
Check out some of our work!
James - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I recycled some old jars by painting them to use as pencil and paint brush holders they are very colorful now!" |
Vanessa - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"My Daddy, my brother and I built a bird house using tree branches and we have put some food inside to feed them!" |
Amelia - Ruth's Junior Infants
"I reused an empty gravy pot into a musical drum to make loads of sounds!" |
Seán - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
"I made a boat with the cereal box!" |
Sarah - Laura's Senior Infants
"I recycled biscuits container for my Lego toys and fruits juice bottles as pen and colouring pencil holders." |
Azlan - Deirdre's Senior Infants
"Do recycling, protect our Earth" |
Bilal - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"I built a garage from a cereal box!" |
A boy in Sarah L's Junior Infants
"We hang the bird box in backyard and take care of local birds such as robins so they have additional source of food during winter time." |
Ahmed - Sarah C's 1st Class
"I made a Minion planter from plastic bottle!" |
Vanessa - Ruth Mcevoy's Junior Infants
"Today I took a walk in the nature with my Dad and my dog Bella. I've seen many trees, plants, birds, squirrels, bunnies and worms." |
Sofia - Emer's 1st Class
"I went for a nature walk with my family. I like the fresh air, the water and seeing the ducks and swans. I really like going for a walk everyday." |
Vihaan - Lisa's 2nd Class
"This is about how reusing and recycling can make our earth a happier place." |
Sasha - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
"Sasha collected pinecones on our walk and put them in an old candle jar" - what a wonderful idea! 
Jake - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
Jake created a green recycling bin using paper, scissors and a pencil. He is learning all about what plastic and paper we can recycle. |
Elliot - Sarah C.'s 1st Class
Elliot created this beautiful picture of a nature walk - well done, Elliot! 
Cara-Belle - Deirdre's Senior Infants
"I made a bird feeder necklace as a way to help to look after our local environment. I made it using some wire and some leftover bread and raisins. I live in an apartment so we tied the necklace to our balcony railing beside our flower boxes. I'm hoping to see the birds visit our balcony for their treats!" |
Deirdre's Senior Infants
"I made a teddy bear with cardboard box and paper and colour them with brush and paint. My mom and dad helped me." |
Aubree - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
Aubree went for a nature walk and fed the ducks during the cold weather. |
Vanessa - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"Today we've tried to save planet Earth. I've clean all the garbage in the green area in the front of my house!" Well done Vanessa! |
Bilal - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
"I made two ladybugs from plastic bottles!" |
Lukas - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"Made out of straws and used old tissue roll for the body. Didn't have enough used straws to make all the legs!" :) |
Aubree - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
What a wonderful idea - Aubree decided to make a pair of binoculars using recyclable materials today. Well done, Aubree! |
Well done to one of our Junior Infant pupils who created this wonderful castle aeroplane - how wonderful!
"This is a 'Castle Aeroplane' made from recycling" |
One of our Junior Infant pupils enjoyed a lovely nature walk!
"We smell, feel, observe and enjoy plants while walking in local area. We also snap photos of some plants and check their (funny) names in the PlantSnap app:)" |
Benjamin - Ruth M's Junior Infants
"I went on a nature walk and seen clouds, it was raining and I jumped in muddy puddles. I found a pine cone, a fairy house and a feather." |
Fiona - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"We recycled the toilet roll inserts to make plant pots. We are working on our mini garden. We will fill the tubes with compost and plant the seeds." |
Vanessa - Ruth Mc's Junior Infants
"Today I have made 3 bird feeder necklaces using bread, raisins, strawberries, blueberries and oranges. I hope the birds will enjoy them!" |
James - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"I made a bird feeder from a toilet roll holder - I covered it in peanut butter and seeds and hung it on the tree outside my window. I hope to see some birds come by soon!" |
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Jacob - Laura's Senior Infants
"Since the lockdown has started we go more than ever to the duck pond close to where we live. We have been trying to understand how we can do good for the local wildlife and help them through the winter. Feeding ducks is always something we enjoy but we want to do the right thing and Jacob created this leaflet that could help us understand what is good for the ducks and nature around us." |
Alessa - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"This little girl and her cat are going to recycle all the rubbish in the whole town!" |
Amy - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
"I turned the shoe box into a collection box for used batteries. I used glue, coloured paper and tape. I had so much fun doing this." |
Maja - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
"I went for walk to the forest and and I spotted different things and then I drew them." |
One of our Junior Infant pupils created this wonderful organizer for crayons and markers, using empty rolls of toilet paper.
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Oskar - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
Oskar did this lovely picture with the message 'Save our trees'. Well done, Oskar! |
Adith - Lisa's 2nd Class
"There is a lot of air pollution at the moment due to smoke from lots of industries and vehicles. We need to move towards electric vehicles and reduce the industries so that the smoke will be less. We also need to plant lots of trees to get clean air." |
Jordan - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
"Jordan has been busy making new toys from recycled objects. A rocket and a robot called 'Danny Ho'" |
Bilal - Ruth Mc.'s Junior Infants
"I made a bird feeder necklace! Hope the birds will like it!" :) |
Nicholas - Emer's 1st Class
A huge well done to Nicholas, who helped the environment by picking the rubbish around his local playground in Citywest. What a super thing to do, Nicholas! |
Jacob - Laura's Senior Infants
"We went on a walk to the duck pond today, following our information leaflet of how to feed the ducks and swans healthy snacks." (see Jacob's wonderful information leaflet above!) |
Shubhangi - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"Reduce,Recycle and Reuse - Three R's to clean environment" |
Shubhangi - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"A house with three bins - red (landfill waste), yellow (mixed recycling) and green (organic waste)" |
Fiona - Sarah L.'s Junior Infants
"Fiona recycled a cardboard box and made a fun house to play and it can be a storage box for balls." |
Vanessa - Ruth Mc's Junior Infants
"I hope you will like my tree made of leaves and branches that I have found in nature. I just added some colours to make it more beautiful." |
Jordan - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
Jordan went on a garden safari discovering bugs with a magnifying lens and decided to re-open our mud kitchen. There are lots of new recipes on the menu! |
Seán - Ruth M.'s Junior Infants
Seán has been very busy and he told us all about his creations: "I made a robot using some empty boxes, I made a house with my dad and my brother using a very big box and I used an empty bottle to make a pencil holder. I put some stickers and some colourful tape."
Seán has been very busy and he told us all about his creations: "I made a robot using some empty boxes, I made a house with my dad and my brother using a very big box and I used an empty bottle to make a pencil holder. I put some stickers and some colourful tape."
Elliot - Sarah C's 1st Class
Elliot's beautiful description of his mindful moment in nature. |
Aubree - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
Aubree used rain water to look after the plants. |
Adrian - Deirdre's Senior Infants
"I decide to reuse the material in my house and build a robot" |
Arda - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I created a race car track by myself with recyclable stuff at home" |
Laura's Senior Infants
One of our Senior Infant pupils went for walk with his family. He loves to go outside for fresh air and playing outside. |
Sarah L's Junior Infants
"Instead of throwing away salad leftovers I planted the roots and watered them. I am proud of my little indoor garden :-)" |
Oscar - Sarah L's Junior Infants
Oscar feeds the birds! Great thing to do in this cold weather Oscar! |
Arda - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"Daddy and I made a car park with old cardboard boxes and it has a dinosaur head." |
Vanessa - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"Hello!! Today I've tried the Recycle Roundup Game! It was so much fun!" |
Oscar - Sarah L's Junior Infants
Oscar recycled some cardboard and made a car! |
Olivia - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I made a unicorn out of an empty roll of paper!" |
Filip - Sarah L's Junior Infants
Filip made some fancy binoculars from paper rolls :) He also reused a small plastic basket and created a bin for his desk :) |
James - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I went on a walk this morning and we got stuck in a snow shower. It was so cold but so fun the snowflakes went on my tongue!" |
Eoin - Ruth Mc's Junior Infants
Eoin has been making sure his bird feeders have lots of food for the birds to eat. He has also been doing lots of bird watching from his kitchen! |
Dominic - Emer's 1st Class
"I made a wish jar from wood slices, an old jar, wood hearts and you can put pretty much anything in it." |
Maja - Ruth M's Junior Infants
"Here is my personal shopping bag to help to save our planet. We use reusable bags for shopping and not buying plastic bags every time." :) |
Jordan - Ruth M's Junior Infants
"Jordan watched some of the short video's about the environment today. He sorted recycling from non-recyclable items and drew this colourful picture of planet earth with a rainbow." |
Dominic - Emer's 1st Class
"I made a lamp from a toilet paper roll and a wood slice and a chest from an old candle box" |
Alessa - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I made this ladybird and I recycled a pink apple carton and I used pipe cleaners, a pompom, and a marker and googley eyes and they were all left over things in my house. That's all. Bye!" |
Sebastian - Andrea's 2nd Class
"When I went out to play I saw a bird nest on a tree, a bird singing and a purple flower in the grass." |
Vanessa - Ruth Mc's Junior Infants
"I have recycled a toilet paper roll and made a present for my brother." |
Cara-Belle - Deirdre's Senior Infants
"We downloaded the Plant Snap app and I used it to identify different plant species in our local area. Then I made a botany journal where I am drawing and recording the names of the plant species that I find. It's so much fun!" |
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Cecilia - Sarah C's 1st Class
Cecilia is helping the environment by growing her own vegetables. This helps keep the soil healthy for the insects that live in it and cuts down on food packaging and waste. |
Benjamin - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
"I used recycling materials to create a monster and had great fun building it!" |
Vivien - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"I went litter picking, with my dad and brother, around where I live. It's not good to leave litter lying around. If you can't find a bin, put it in your pocket. Litter is so bad for our environment and wildlife." |
Maja - Ruth M's Junior Infants
"I went for a nature walk, I saw a beautiful swan. Me and my sister also had a bin bag with us and we picked up some rubbish." |
Jacob - Laura's Senior Infants
"We reused an old cardboard box and made it into a castle, crown and floating dragon eyes." |
Vanessa - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"Today I took a walk in the nature. I enjoyed the snow and the beautiful day. I observed the flowers and all the plants that still resist the cold weather." |
Bilal - Ruth Mc's Junior Infants
"I recycled my old crayons!" |
Filip - Sarah L's Junior Infants
"Filip created his "mystery box” from cereal box :-)" |
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Vanessa - Ruth McEvoy's Junior Infants
"Today I've learned how to separate the rubbish." |
Yuvan - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
"Me and Mom made positive quotes frame out of waste cardboard boxes" |
Emer's 1st Class
Two students from Emer's class had great fun litter picking around the neighbourhood. They collected lots of litter! They noticed that lots of face masks and coffee cups were discarded outside the shop. They want everyone to remember to bin their masks when they are finished with them. |
A child in Laura's Senior Infants created a Glitter Cat!
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Amelia - Emer's 1st Class
"Amelia went for a walk in Rathcoole Park and examined the biodiversity of a spot by a large hedgerow. She drew pictures of what she found." |
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Jordan - Ruth M's Junior Infants
"Jordan made a stickman from collected twigs and had great fun creating his own version of the stickman story."
"Jordan made a stickman from collected twigs and had great fun creating his own version of the stickman story."
Aubree - Ruth Maxwell's Junior Infants
Aubree used recycled egg tray to plant some seeds |
Shubhangi Roy - Sarah L's Junior Infants
Nature's Card made with fallen leaves and flowers |