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Action
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Personnel
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Timing
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Comments
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Inform school
and parents
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All School
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Ongoing
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We sent an Water Questionnaire to the parents and
included Water information.Top Ten Water Saving Tips.
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Fix dripping
taps
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Plumber
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Ongoing
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Energy wardens monitor taps and inform principal if
taps are dripping
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Stoppers in
sinks
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Committee
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Ongoing
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Committee ensure stoppers are in all sinks
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To reduce the
amount of water used
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All School
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Ongoing
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We hope to continue to reduce our water use
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To monitor use
of water
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Committee
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Ongoing
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We continue to monitor our use of water in the school
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Energy Wardens
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2-6 Classes
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Ongoing
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We have Energy Wardens on a rota who check the energy
and water use around the
school
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Rainwater
collection
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6th
class with help from Francie the caretaker.
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Ongoing
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We have placed a barrel under a drainpipe to collect
rainwater that will be used for gardening and in paperlog production.
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Arts and
Crafts
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Committee, 6th
class and Sinead Fitzgerald
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December 2005
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We created a Water Noticeboard and update it
regularly. We also
created our mascot Wally Water! We have a Water for Life and Water Cycle
display. 6th class produced an enlarged map of the river Suir
and its tributaries.
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Science
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Whole School
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Ongoing
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Our Science week this year will involve experiments
on the properties of water eg. Evaporation, condensation, materials that
are water soluble etc.
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Communcation
with Outside sources
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Committee
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Ongoing
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We have contacted our local councillor who came to
the school to speak to us about the local water supply
We are in the process of contacting the council to
check what dosage of treatment is added to our water source. We also wish
to visit the local pump house.
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Music/Movement
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Whole School
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The Blue Danube (classical)
Movement of water, waves, river, rain, storm etc in
modern dance
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Geography
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3rd-6th Class
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Ongoing
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The River Suir and its tributaries with special
emphasis on The Clodaigh.
The Water Cycle.
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Compost
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Whole school
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Ongoing
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Compost made and placed in the school gardens. Keeps
moisture in plants and so saves watering
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Lawnmower
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Caretaker
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Ongoing
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Ensure blades on lawnmower are sharp to give clean
cut to grass which reduces amount of moisture needed
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Display the
Top Ten Water Tips around the school
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All Classes
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January 2006
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All classes display our Top Ten Water tips and it’s
displayed in the corridors and on our Noticeboard too
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Send a Water
Questionnaire to the families of the school
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All classes
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January 2006
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We sent the questionnaire to all the families of the
school and collected them and created results
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Cisterns
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Committee
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January 2006
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Calculate the amount of water used in each toilet
flush. Tabulate the amount of flushes in a day. Estimate the amount of
water used
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Cisterns
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February 2005
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Green Buttons were fitted to three toilets to save
the amount of water used
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Cisterns
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Committee
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January 2006
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Brick or golf balls placed in cisterns to reduce
amount of water used in each flush
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