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Autumn Clean Up
The boys and girls of 3rd and 4th class took part in our
Autumn Clean Up on Friday, September 14th 2012.
We were all the rubbish detectives rooting out papers, cans and all types of unusual debris in the Corrib Drive, Carragh Park, Slaney Park and Fergus Road area.
It was a really interesting afternoon as we saw lots of Biodiversity around us. We are learning about the Biodiversity that is in our local environment.
Under broken planks of wood we saw woodlouse creeping away from the light. A piece of discarded carpet became a habitat for a cluster of yellowy creamy eggs. We still have to find out what the eggs would hatch into. As we passed Ella's grandparent's garden we saw beautiful, colourful flowers that provided nectar and food for the busy bees. All around us flew busy swallows as they were preparing for the long flight to warmer countries like Africa and Spain.
Our rubbish was collected and sorted into yellow bags for the cans, green bags for general waste and blue bags for plastic bottles and containers. By 2:15 we had collected at least ten full bags of rubbish. We hope that Drumgeely is a whole lot cleaner after our work. We love to keep our school and local area clean and green.
