Month March 2012

French Food Morning 2012

Fifth Year Home Economics Students received a very informative presentation from French assistant Marie L’hermet all about the foods eaten in France and about the variety of fods in the different regions of France. Marie demonstrated a popular French pastry snack…

Interior Design Projects

As part of 2nd yr Coursework on Interior Design students complete an Interior Design project, where they design and decorate for a room of their choice in a small shoebox. Students get the chance to show off their creative skills.…

Lá Glas

Bhí lá glas ar siúl sa scoil ar an aoine 16ú Márta. I rith seachtain na Gaeilge. Chaith na daltaí éadaí glasa. The money raised was in aid of Crumlin childrens hospital. Bhain gach duine taitneamh as an la.

Daffodils for Daffodil Day

The  Transition  Year  students  planted  daffodils  at    the  Vocational  School  last  October  which  grew  very  well.  The  students  then  picked  the  daffodils  on  Friday  23rd  March  2012  and  donated  them  to  Daffodil  day  through  the  ICA  in  Carrick  on  Shannon. …

Healthy Living Week 2012

To highlight to students and parents the relevance of Home Economics to our daily lives and to help get information across about the importance of looking after our health there was lots of activity for a fun themed healthy living…

Soil Sampling at St. Felims

On  tuesday  20th  March  2012  Fifth  Year  Agricultural  Science  students  with  P.J.  Mc  Loughlin  from  Teagasc  Mohill  took  soil  samples  from  St.  Felims  football  as  part  of  their  experiment  work  in  agricultural  science.  Students  used  the  “W”   sampling  design  method …

La Semaine Française – Quiz Winners

  During the recent Semaine Française, the TY class organised a French quiz among all the classes. Everyone paid €1 to enter and the money collected was redistributed in prizes. Congratulations to all the winners.  Félicitations à tous les gagnants!

FTA French Quiz Winners

The French Teachers Association organised a table quiz for 1st year students in the region. Over 30 teams took part and Ballinamore PPS won second place. Congratulations to Ciara Smyth, Fenora McKiernan, Jack Gilheaney and Karl Warren who represented 1B.

2nd Year Girls Win Blitz

Congratulations to the 2nd year girls who won the Leitrim/Roscommon Blitz  for the first time on Wednesday last.  21 players in all took part throughout the day.  The girls won each of their five games in fine style to be…