On Wednesday 27th April 1st year girls along with Ms Clarke attended the annual ‘Girls Active Festival’ organised by Leitrim Sports Partnership in Drumshanbo. Girls Active is a joint programme between the HSE and Leitrim Sports Partnership. The programme aims to…
‘Our ability to produce food and products for growing populations on a finite amount of land with limited resources is unquestionably one of the great challenges we face globally. It may not be foremost in our minds when we do…
Well done to 3rd year Home Economics students who recently completed their cookery practical exam for JC Home Economics. The exam accounts for 35% of their total grade and students did themselves proud. A variety of dishes were prepared and…
On Tuesday 26th April Transition Years participated in Health Fest 2016 in City West Convention Centre along with over 4,000 other TY students from around the country. The day consisted of various presentations ranging from Operation Transformation’s personal trainer Karl Henry…
Ballinamore CS Debating Club’s Participation in Concern Debates 2016 – by Ms Reynolds 2015 saw the founding of Ballinamore Community School’s Debating Club. Our first task as a team: participating in the annual Concern debates. Nothing like a good baptism…
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 students in the junior classes participated in an interactive discussion lesson on the topic of Fairtrade. Fifth Year Home Economics students represented the school at the Fairtrade Awareness Day in Carrick on Shannon on…
Well done to students who entered the national poster competition organised by Green Schools Ireland. Students were asked to submit a poster entry with the theme of ‘Water Conservation’ . Check out some of the entries below-
As part of the Development Education being carried out in school the TY students participated in a workshop with Dorothy Jacob from Self Help Africa on 22 The workshop included discussion on a range of topics such as Climate Change…
Congratulations to 5th year student Hannah Banks who reached the Super Chef Cookery Final held in St. Angela’s College, Sligo on the 11th March. There were over 800 entries and Hannah made the top 16 with her dish. Well done…
Second year Home Economics students completed a model of their dream bedroom and followed the design brief process as part of their interior design module covered in class. The project was also part of their Christmas assessment in home economics.…
