As part of our work towards achieving both the Active Flag and the Amber Flag, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you about what each initiative involves and how we hope to promote them throughout the school year.

The Active Flag – Promoting Physical Activity 

What is the Active Flag?

The Active Flag is awarded to schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to developing physically educated and physically active school communities.

The programme places a strong emphasis on participation, inclusion and, most importantly, having fun! Our aim is to encourage all students to get involved in physical activity, try new sports and develop positive, healthy habits that they can carry with them beyond the school environment.

Throughout the year, we will be taking part in three active school initiatives, we have already completed ‘Around the EU’ where we walked 4,553km as a school, the next one starts in the new year, the Active Breaks Challenge.

The year will culminate in an Active Week which is the final initiative, featuring lots of fun, sports-related activities and challenges. We will finish the year with our annual Sports Day!

The Amber Flag – Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing

What is the Amber Flag?

The Amber Flag initiative, run by Pieta, aims to promote positive mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention within schools and communities. Pieta provides mental health and suicide prevention services throughout Ireland.

Our goal is to create a supportive, inclusive school environment where students and staff feel valued, supported and comfortable talking about mental health.

You may already be aware that we have begun our Amber Week, which we are running alongside Anti-Bullying Week. However, this is just the beginning of our Amber Flag activities!

The Green Flag – Environmental Awareness and Sustainability

Looking ahead to next year, we will also be working towards renewing our Green Flag. This initiative focuses on promoting environmental awareness and encouraging sustainable practices throughout our school community.

We hope to build on the work already carried out in the school and encourage students to take an active role in looking after our environment. This will involve initiatives and activities that promote recycling, reducing waste, conserving energy and caring for our school surroundings.

We look forward to involving students, staff and the wider school community in working towards retaining our Green Flag!