In September 2015, 193 World Leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030! The global goals are only going to work…
On Friday 6th May Nicola Winters from Green Sod visited the school. Nicola gave a really interactive presentation to 1st year science and 5th year Agricultural Science classes. Students learned more about the area of biodiversity, it’s importance, how we…
‘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…
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…
As part of our work with Self Help Africa our school got involved in the publication of a book around the area of Maternal Health to link in with our exploration of the Millennium Development Goals. Students (Keely Doonan, Sorcha…
On Friday 8th May the 2nd year students visited Mulleady’s Waste Plant in Drumlish to learn more about what happens the waste in our wheely bins once it gets collected. Students were shown the various stages throughout the plant including…
Transition Year’s undertook a variety of activities around the area of world hunger and food poverty for their DE Module. They participated in a CONCERN workshop on the area of World Hunger and learnt more about how people in developing…
