Greenwave 2010 experiment looking for Mayo schools to participate

Mayo schools have been invited to take part in this year’s Greenwave project after 10 local schools took part in the project last year. The participating schools in 2009 included Quay National School, Quignamanger; Creggs Road, Ballina; Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Brid, Ballycastle; Holy Family National School, Glenhest Road, Newport; Corclough National School, Corchloch Beal An Mhuirthid; Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Feichin, An Crois, Claremorris; St Joseph's National School, Greenpark Road, Killala; Newtownwhite National School, Ballysokeery, Ballina; Cloonlyon National School, Charlestown; Killocraun National School, Castle Hill, Ballina; and Scoil Náisiúnta Chluain Luifin, Ballinrobe.

  Greenwave, a mass science experiment, encourages students to get involved in tracking the movement of spring across Ireland. Under the programme, students are asked to log their sightings of the six species that are indicators of spring on the Greenwave website. Launched in 2007, the programme has proved very successful with more than 800 official sightings of spring and 500 observations submitted from around the country in 2009. 

SNA decision was unfair and disruptive, Dáil committee was told

To tamper with the allocation of special needs assistants in the middle of the school year was unfair, unacceptable, and totally disruptive to the running of a school, Beverley Flynn TD told the Oireachtas Committee on Education on Thursday last.

  Deputy Flynn told the hearing that it would be a farce to put schools such as St Anthony's Special School in Castlebar through an appeals process which would see an “in-house” committee review the decisions of its own officials.

Open day at Westport College of Further Education

There will be an open day on Thursday March 25 at Westport’s College of Further Education.

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• Open day at Westport House and Pirates Adventure Park
• The Look Fashion Show
• Prepare for birth
• Choose Life-Reach Out art competition
• Climb four peaks for charity
• Breastfeeding support group
• Toddle teams
• Tasty treats
• Store, stack, and stowaway
• Future-proofing your mobility requirements
• Why choose an Olmi stretch ceiling?
• Get great offers at Celtic Bathrooms
• Spring is in the air at Rosewater
• Get a holistic view on your body
• Get a bronzed glow at Sunline
• Pranic healing workshop for Claremorris
• Restore life's natural balance with plexus bio-energy
• No better links course than Carne - Eddie Hackett
• Open day at Westport College of Further Education
• SNA decision was unfair and disruptive, Dáil committee was told