Rushall
National School

Picker Pals

Picker Pals is an awesome initiative that connects school to community with a joint sense of purpose.
04-May-23
Picker Pals

Picker Pals

Picker Pals is an awesome initiative that connects school to community with a joint sense of purpose.

As the world faces a global crisis of waste in the environment. Every part of the natural world is affected. We urgently need to find real, practical solutions to this crisis. Raising awareness and taking real action are essential parts of the solution. Picker Pals does just this by giving young people the tools and positive motivation to develop stewardship of their local environments.

What is Picker Pals

  • Picker Pals engages children through a colourful character-led world of activity books, environmental readers, songs and storytelling.
  • The programme empowers action by providing unique upcycled Picker Packs to classrooms. These contain child-friendly litter-picking equipment and enable children and their families to make a real impact in their local areas.
  • We celebrate our Picker Pals’ actions by telling stories of their litter-picking adventures thereby building a community of young environmentalists around the world.
  • There is ongoing interaction with participating classrooms through Picker Pals TV, competitions and other events ensures long-term motivation and behavioural change in children and their families.

Picker PalsPicker Pals
Jun 20
2025
School Closed Summer Holidays
09-Jun-2025
On 9th June, the Junior Room was treated to a visit from the brilliant Historian Anthony Galvin. Dressed in full pirate attire, he whisked the children away on a captivating journey through tales of piracy and treacherous Arctic expeditions.
23-May-2025
The final competitive VEX IQ Robotics Finals for Laois this academic year unfolded on Wednesday, May 21st, filled with the sounds of cheering teams, competing robots, and exciting award presentations. Fourteen teams from Laois primary schools gathere
14-May-2025
What an exciting day we had at the Green Schools Award ceremony in Kilkenny! We were over the moon to hear that our application for the 7th Green Flag award had been successful. It’s a fantastic occasion to celebrate all the hard work and learning th
Pike of Rushall, Mountrath, Co. Laois, R32 CK15.
089-2358833
Contact Us
Our Location
© 2025 Rushall NS