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Health Promoting Schools “Get Active” Initiative

Today the Health Promoting Schools Team launched their first calendar of events for the remainder of this academic year.  The team have been busy planning for the past couple of months and today they kick started their “Get Active” initiative.
Staff and students donned their activewear and trainers and took a brisk walk around the town. Donations were collected and the money raised will be used to fund a games club that will run at lunchtimes and additional sports equipment to get everyone out in the fresh air at break times. Huge thanks and congratulations to the HPS team for all their hard work and first successful step toward achieving their Health Promoting Schools Flag.

Ballinamore CS First Year Girls Win Blitz in Style, Wednesday 26th April, 2017

 

Ballinamore CS hosted a 13 aside Blitz in Sean O Heslin’s pitch on Wednesday, 26th April 2017. 3 teams attended, namely Ballinamore CS, Carrick CS and Drumshanbo VS. Each team played 2 group games at 30 mins a game, with the top two teams into the final.

In Ballinamore’s first game vs Carrick CS goals were what won it for Ballinamore in a very tight tussle on a score line of 7:3 to 4:5. In Ballinamore’s second game they played Drumshanbo VS and found themselves down by 6 pts at half time only to claw back the defecit and win on a final score of  6:5 to 2:8.

In the other group game, Carrick CS beat Drumshanbo VS setting up a Ballinamore vs Carrick final. In a very tight final which was a draw at ht on 2:1 each, Ballinamore defence rode out the storm of Carrick attacks and goals from Ella Galligan Maguire (2:2), Leah Smyth (2:0) and scores from Síomha Quinn (0:3) and Caoimhe Mc Dermott (0:1) saw Ballinamore ending up as victors on a final score of 4:6 to 2:4. Well done to all the panel on a great victory. Thanks to Drumshanbo VS, Carrick CS, Sean O Heslin’s for use of the pitch and referee, James Holohan for all making the day a success.

Christmas Jumpers Day 2016

As part of a very successful fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul, students wore Christmas jumpers to school. Prizes were awarded for the most impressive offerings and Austin Quinn was presented with the funds raised. Student council member, Kate Reynolds also sealed a time capsule as part of our 1916 centenary celebrations. The capsule is not due to be opened until 2066!

Christmas Jumpers Day 2016 from Ballinamore Community School on Vimeo.

Interior Design Projects 2015

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. Students displayed lots of creativity with their projects.

Construction Teacher Mr Nolan inspected all the projects  and two students from each class group were awarded prizes for their efforts. Congratulations to Brendan McGovern and Becky O Brien who were awarded first prize in each of their classes and runner up prizes went to Amanda Hewson and Abbi Sweeney.

Check out some of the projects below…

 

 

Super Chef Competition 2015

Well done to all students who entered the Super Chef Cookery Competition (which is being organised by St. Angela’s College and The Restaurant Association of Ireland).

Students had to choose their favourite meal and modify it to make it a healthier dish. They cooked their individual dishes in Home Economics class and demonstrated a variety of skills.  Entry forms have now been sent off.  All students who entered put in a great effort so fingers crossed!

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Development Education in Action – MDG Book Publication

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 Gilheaney, Sarah Doonan, Eimhinn Quinn, Sorcha McGrath and Abbi Sweeney) some staff (Ms Reynolds & Ms Cooney) and parent (Eunan Sweeney) submitted either a poem, reflection or illustration on the area of Maternal Health.  Students got the opportunity to investigate issues around child mortality and maternal health and the effects globally. We also displayed the submissions in the canteen for the wider school community to see. The book is now published and available to purchase through www.selfhelpafrica.org

 

Transition Year students also visited the Irish Aid Centre in Dublin as part of their development education module. The workshop began with a short presentation on the work that Irish Aid carry out in helping developing countries and then students took part in an activity which highlighted the inequalities and issues that exist in certain parts of the world through a role play based in a rural village in Africa. A short video clip showing what the reality of daily life in a typical village is like also cemented the information learned at the workshop.

Self Help Africa Workshop

As part of DE (Development Education) in school this year and to tie in with this years focus theme (World Hunger) the TY’s participated in three workshops over a three week period led by Dorothy Jacob and her daughter Jess who both work with GORTA- Self Help Africa. Workshop 1 – set the scene of the inequality that exists in our world that we all share. Students began to see their own world as part of the problem and part of the solution to Global Inequality. Workshop 2- focused on the lives of rural farming families and the issues that have driven them into a cycle of poverty. Water, land, trees, gender equality, farming and access to seed, trade and markets for their produce were just some of the issues explored. Workshop 3– students gained a deeper understanding about Climate Change and Fairtrade and began to realize what actions they could undertake to make a difference and create a better and fairer world.

Concern Workshop on World Hunger

As part of  the Development Education (DE) module being carried out in school the Transition Year group participated in a workshop on World Hunger which was facilitated by Claire O Carroll from Concern. Some shocking facts learnt –

1 in 8 people in our world will go hungry today!

Women do 66% of the world’s work, produce 50% of the world’s food but only earn 10% of the world’s income and own 1% of the world’s property…. and 60% of the world’s hungry are women!

A child dies every 12 seconds from hunger related diseases!

Students are working towards achieving their Hunger Hero Certificates for work carried out in our DE theme of World Hunger and Food Poverty.