2024-25 School Year

We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded our 4th Green Flag! This year, we have been focusing on the topics of Biodiversity, Healthy Living and Waste. 

The History of Ballymoney Nursery School and the Eco Schools Programme

Ballymoney Nursery School was awarded its first Eco-Schools Green flag on 25 March 2009 making it the first Nursery School in the Ballymoney Borough Council area to have achieved a Green Flag.

TIDY Northern Ireland’s Eco-Schools manager Colin Latham stated, “This is a wonderful achievement for all of those involved at Ballymoney Nursery School, I was lucky enough to be there today to hand over the flag in conjunction with Ballymoney Borough Council. The enthusiasm of the pupils and their Principal and her staff throughout the process has been quite infectious. Ballymoney Nursery School is an excellent example of what Eco-Schools is all about as the pupils with the help of their teachers have created a wonderful new garden and outdoor learning area as well as many other projects in their quest to achieve their Green Flag”.

Our second Green Flag was awarded in June 2015 and the assessors commented on the strengths of our school.  “We love the whole school approach.  Eco-Schools is core to school activities.  There is lots of involvement with outside organisations.  Children bring messages home.  We loved the experiment with bird-nesting materials.”