A message from the Social Justice Club: This morning we stood in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of other students across the globe on our #climatestrike to protest climate inaction. We study science in school, we understand the data and we trust…
Kay Maguire from Ballinamore Tidy Towns brought students around the surrounds of Ballinamore and showed where pollinator plants had been grown to encourage Bees and provide food for Bees. A wild flower area had also been created at Pairc Fea…
Ms. Colum’s third year science group harvesting Onions, Parsley, Oregano, Nasturtiums and Rosemary from the school garden. The produce was brought to Ms. Cooney’s Home Economics class where it will be used by students in classes.
On Friday 30th August, the Green Schools Committee raised our 6th Green Flag (Global Citizenship- Litter & Waste). Students, staff, representatives from the Board of Management, Parents Association and local Tidy Towns were all in attendance. We celebrated not only…
We were delighted to welcome local bee kepper PJ McLoughlin along with Kay Maguire to our school on 17th May. PJ visited Ms. Colums Agricultural Science class as part of Biodiversity week. PJ explained to students the process of what…
Eanna Ni Lamhna visited our school on 22nd May to judge our entry in the schools competition for Love where you Live which is an environmental initiative ran with Leitrim County Council. Students across different year groups in the school…
Transition Year students recently engaged in two very informative workshops that focused on the sustainable development goals in this last term. RECREATE Ireland is an organisation that takes in unused materials from various business and finds alternative use for such…
National winners in green school’s Global citizenship, Litter and Waste category 2019 On 21st may, 2019 Ballinamore was selected as the best second level school in Ireland in the category of global citizenship, litter and waste. Mr Mullen and three members…
Staff received an informative workshop with Aoife Rankin from Worldwise Schools on how the different subject departments could link global issues into their subject areas. Following on from this a number of activities to create awareness of the Sustainable Development…
The Bin It Workshop visited our school recently and all first yrs participated in the workshop. It was informative and entertaining as students learned more about the environmental impact of littering and the effects of not disposing chewing gum properly.…
